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Office No 133 of 1851

From
Commodore I. P. Porter, I.N.
Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron

To
Lieutenant Colonel Hennell
Resident in the Persian Gulf
Sir,
In continuance of the proceedings reported in my letter of the
23rd Instant, I have the honor to forward information received
yesterday from the Native Agent here viz. Ally ben Khuleefa and
Fysul ben Taorkee have made peace and the former is to give the
latter 4000 Dollars a year. It is now 6 days since Fysul ben Taorky
and his Army left El Biddah.
Fysul ben Taorkee said to Ally ben Khuleefa, I will give up all
your Forts but your subjects you must pardon, to which the latter
answered No; I shall take the Forts but I will not forgive the
subjects as they are mine and I will do what I like with them.
After which all the Bidda people came to Ally ben Khuleefa to ask
pardon and he pardoned them all except Sheikh Fuldal the Sheikh of
Wukra whom he would not pardon. That Sheik then took his boat and
went away to Fars.

After this Ally ben Khuleefa wanted to bring all the Guttur
people to Bahrein, but they said excuse us for 2 months while we go
to fish for Pearls after which we will go wherever you like.
Now some of the Guttur people have come up here to lay in
provisions for going upon their fishing excursion.
When Sheikh Syed ben Tahnoon arrived from Aboothabee he brought
with him 50 Hooras of Rice for Ameer Fysul for which in return he
got 2 Horses.
Ally ben Khuleefa has written to Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa
from Bedoo desiring him to recall all his boats from El Katlff.
The late Abdullah ben Ahmed's son Mahomed went to Fysul ben
Toorkie and said now you have made peace with Ally ben Khuleefa and
Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa what are you going to give to us? I will
take you to Katiff with me and settle you in Dumam Island and give
you the Island of Farod, or if not 6000 Dollars a year, This I give
to you Mahomed and to your brothers, but let all the other Niera
people depart from Kateef.
This day the blockading Squadron of El Biddah has returned.

Lieut* na^e ^onor to enclose copy letter just received from
obser Ba**our» Commanding H.C. Brig. Euphrates from which you will
h .Ve t"at he has lost 2 more men by Cholera. I would therefore
as to hr®quest explicit instructions in regard to the Niem Boats, so
it if r ng the matter to an end, as I fear we shall be all catching
we stop much longer.
There are 24 people in the sick list of the Euphrates.

H. C. S. Clive, Bahrain I have the honor to be
31st July 1851 (Signed) I. P. Porter
P.S. Thf» ti Commander
Tigris had a few severe cases of Diarrhoea supposed to be
caused by the water received here.
(Signed) I. P. P.
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