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Rebellion of Al bin Ali and Al Bu Amain, 1835-1839 425

Captain Hennell replied that he had no reason to
suppose that the British Government would object to their
settling wherever they choose so long as they confine them­
selves strictly to mercantile and peaceable pursuits, but that

they could not seek an asylum with a power on terms of friend­
ship and amity with Bahrein, under an idea that they would be
allowed to carry on a system of Plunder and aggression against
the subjects of their former Chief, covering their proceedings
with the pretence of seeking redress for their own wrongs.
That Officer however promised that he would, on his
return to Bahrein, make enquiries into the affair and that,
if he found Shaik Esa's statement correct, he would recommend
Shaik Abdoolah to afford them fitting redress and that he
would use all friendly arguments to induce him to do so, but
that the British Government would not permit the tranquility
of the Gulf to be disturbed.
The Resident observed that, if Sheik Esa bin Tareef
is allowed to commence hostilities on the subjects of the
Baherin that the Chief under whose protection they carry them
on must necessarily be involved in hostilities with the Uttoo-
bee Shaik, and thus a door be opened to the confusion and
disorder invariably attendant on such a state of affairs in

these quarters.
From a report from the Native Agent at Shagah it
appeared that the statement of Esa ben Tareef of the cause
of the dispute is incorrect, and that the onus of the quarrel
rests upon himself and followers (and not upon the Bahrein
Chief) for destroying Hawella before taking their departure
to the Coast of Oman.
Government approved Captain Hennell's views of this
case, and caused him to be Informed that there was no object­
ion to his endeavoring to effect an accommodation between Shaik
Esa and the Bahrein Chief, though it is unadvisable to inter­

fere with the internal dissensions which so frequently occur