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S. Henneli
Resident in the Persian Gulf
Summary.
It appears from a letter from Captain Henneli, the
Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated the 5th April 1836, that,
by the instigation of the nephews of Shaik Abdoola been Ahmed
the Chief of Bahrein a part of the A1 Gowarah Tribe proceeded
to Howelah and sank a boat belonging to Shaik Esa been Taruff/
a relation and dependent of Shaik Abdoolah/ and killed one of

his people; that the only satisfaction he could obtain from
that Chief was a promise that he would take care that such an
occurrence did not take place again, and that, dissatisfied
with this reply, Shaik E9a, accompanied by Sha Salamal and
their followers had removed themselves from Bahrein and taken
refuge at Aboothabee.
Captain Henneli, in his letter of the 7th April,
reported that, on that day Shaik Esa been Tarreef paid him a
visit on board the Honble Company’s Sloop of War Coote, and

represented the injustice which he stated he had experienced
from the Chief of Bahrein in having refused to afford him
redress for the attack on his boats, and the murder of one
of his people by the A1 Gowarah Tribe, and stated that, find­
ing there was no longer any security for their lives and pro­
perty while residing within the limits of the Bahrein Territory,
he and hi6 followers had left that Port and taken up their
temporary abode at Aboothabee; that it being impossible for
them to return to Bahrein, they solicited that Shaik Abdoola
would allow their families to join them, and restore all the .
property they had left behind, and that they had no other
object than to earn subsistence in a quiet and peaceable manner
as merchants; but that, in the event of the Bahrein Chief
refusing to do them this act of justice they were desirous to
be permitted to take their own measures for the attainment of

the redress they sought for.