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aftor extenuating their rebellious conduct and renewing their fealty they
promised in token of submission to pay him the sum of 500 Crowns and
Ita term*. furfcli* r engaged the Shooeyheen tribe to
quit tJ imree.ih on the conclusion of the
Pearl Fishery with liberty to proceed and settle wheresoever it mi^hr. please
them for the fulfilment of ti e lust condition. Sheik Sultan *as particularly
urgent that I should render myself responsible and finding me inflexible on
this point, he added a clause to the note announcing to me his formal consent
which siioikh Suiun aco-pts under « throat to the terms stated whereby he declared
to rwniM hostilities simaM the sii oeyheou not that should the condition in question be
quit Himroeib a£(vr tho Po.rl Pi-h.ry. violated, lie would tllOtt solicit my per-
mission to resume hostilities both by land and sea, in order to compel its execu-
tion. I may add, however, that in making sacu a threat, he assured me, he
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.... had no other aim than to save h;s credit
This threat avowedly niudo fo ^avo In* credit , ,. ,, . ... ^ w
The Sheikh onunu upon Ronident'e cood offices u>nci time. so tar irooi entertaining any
to induce tho siioo*M been to .eiurn to Sharjah serious intention to the effect stated, he
at the period i>pooifi» d.
would still count upon my good offices to
induce the Shooeyhcen to return to Sharjah at the time spoeitied and would
even hope, that, I might he persuaded to rev Lit the const after four monfci s to
promote so desirable an object, but as such an arrangement must necessarily
This request was reiterated by the Sheikh ^C preceded by 3 Settlement of their
in writing and was answered in tho sxuio forms quarrel with the HoWClell tribe which
to the effoot stated in the text. Sheikh Sultan proposed should be sub­
mitted to the decision of the Law, and as I possessed neither the means nor the
authority to investigate their grievances, l contented myself with replying,
that, I thought it improbable my other duties would permit me to quit
Bushire before the usual period of the annual tour, though due attention
would of course be paid to his written communications, and at the same time
my advice and good offices would always be available to him so far as might he
compatible with the general instructions I held from Government. Before
leaving Himreeah, I< deputed Lajee
Sheikli Saltan breaks up his camp and retires
from Himreeah. Yacoob, the British Agent to- the shore, to
bo present at the interview at which it
was agreed that the elders of the Shooeyheen tribe should do homage in person
to the Joannee Chief and having further made arrangements for his stay
off that Port in the Honourable Company’s Schooner Constance until the
beseigers should have broken up their camp, I am happy to say he has to-day
rejoined me with intelligence to that effect.
“ In continuation of this subject I beg to submit herewith copies of two
Enclosing two report. from Comm.nd.r <>{ letters to my address from Lieutenant
Tigrii of his proceedings at Himreeah prior Poulcrton, I. N., Senior JNaval Officer
to Resident’s arrival. jn Persian Gu If, forwarding reports
from the Commander of the Tigris of his proceedings with regard
to the affairs of Himreeah prior to my arrival on- the coast, together
Also copy of reply to Senior 1WI Officer con- a C<W °f fa}? ‘^to, Convey
veyintr instmotioua for the guidance of Com man- ing S0D16 general instructions IOr tuC-
der* of vessels. guidance of Commanders of vessels on
this station, the tenor of which may, I trust, meet with the approval of Govern­
ment. "With respect to the apprehended encroachments of the Wahabees upon
the coast of Oman, I have thought it-
Resident's views with regard to Wababee eu- preferable that the Resident should be
orortohments on the coast.
free in each instance to adopt the course
that circumstances should dictate, than that a lino of action should be pre­
scribed whioh might bring us into premature collision with the sect, in question
and which, failing of its object, might involve the Government in some em­
barrassment. In the present case it will be seen that simple mediation between
the parties immediately concerned has sufficed to mark the predominance of
British influonoe, whereas an inconvenient precedent might have been
established by a direct reference to Alimed el Sudeyree or by basing upon his
intrigues the ground of a more aotivo interference. Moreover the course indi­
cated I b.elievo to bo strictly in accordance with that which has been uniformly
pursued by the British authorities in this quaiter. The presence of a "Wahabeo,
Agent in Oman, has doubtless been regarded by them with suspicion and his
proceedings attentively watched, but except in 1839-40 when the objection