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liia head. They wounded lisa bin Rashid in liis oidc over the liver. Tho bullet
has 80uiowhat dcscondcd from where it was originally lodged, in the right loin
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ana a band is placed below its situation to prevent its descending further. ’
The
third man, Nasir bin Ali, managed to escape and God saved him.
They took away tho following things from tho boat-wearing apparel of
tho crow valued about Rupees 05, a eofi’co pot and a rosary valued Rupees 8
cash in a desk Rupees 11, two-and-a-half pieces of old sail valued Rupees o’
making a total of Rupees 80. This is what they sulTcrcd at tho bauds of the
said robbora.
Esau bin Rashid says that one of tho robbers spoke tho dialect of the Katie
pcoplo, while tho rest spoke like Ecdouins. They then left them aud proceeded
in tho dircotion of ’Anaj, a villago of Katif. Esau bin Rashid on being wounded
wont and took protection in the boat of Dahnciiu which was beached iu the
neighbourhood, together with his comrade Nasir who was not wounded; while
Salman bin JCazem after bcin" wounded landed aud proceeded to tho housu of
Mahdi bin Gliancm. The Nakhoda caino to know of this affair in tho moru-
ing and went to tho said Mahdi’s house to sco the wounded sailor. At this
placo Kurban Agha, one of the Turkish Government servauts, met tho Nakhoda
and said that lie was sent by the authorities to iuspcct the wounded mnu, and
theu ho duly examined tho wounds, llo then desired tho Nakhoda and his
crew, Nasir biu Ali, to proceed to tho Government house, and lie conducted them
to tho Turkish “ Katcb,” who took their statements about what had come to pass
on thorn, on papor, which ho submitted to tho JCacm Makaiu. Thon ho returned
and asked them for Rupees 3. They replied that they had been plundered;
that they had nothiug to give him; that everything was taken from them, and
that they were strangers in that territory; but lie insisted on their payment.
They then with some difficulty obtained loan of a rupee which thoy handed lo
him. They then conveyed Salman from the house of the said Mahdi to their
boat; so also they took with them their two sailors who had taken refuge in
Dahneim’s boat; and they left about noon the same day aud reached Bahrain
on the 2nd instant in tho afternoon.

Statement of Ali dim IIassan, Nakhoda of slioVe, properly of Ai.i din Sultan, inhabitants of
Bahrain iu the village of Sunnbie; dated Glh December I88G.
States on tho night the attack was made on the boat of Muhammad bin
Salim bin Earwish, Nakhoda Nasir bin Ali bin IChalaf, their sho'co was
beached closo to that boat. Ho aud his crew were asleep iu the sho’co. Towards
tho latter part of the night they heard shouts from the said boat calling out
Nakhoda's name. They wanted to go to them, as they thought their boat had
fallen on its side aud that they wauted their assistance iu sottiug it right and
properly beaching it, when they found eight robbers of the baud who bad
attacked the said boat closo by their sho’ec. Eour of these, armed with muskots,
pistols and spears, got iuto our sho'cc. Tho other four remained standing below.
They ordered them to leave the sho’cc. Nakhoda Ali bin IJLassan got up to leave
tho boat when ono of the robbers insido pointed his musket at him and fired,
but the ball missed him. He carried a bislit (cloak) in his hand which was
snatched from him by two robbers. Tho Nakhoda aud the crow, numbering
four men, left the sho’cc and fled from the place. All the robbers then eutcrcd
tho sho’co and took the following things— wearing apparel belonging lo them
valuing Rupees 70, coll’co pot and copper utensils valuing Rupees 19» ana
Rupees 10 from the desk; also seven copper utensils belonging to a fojaalo
passenger valuing Rupees 21, aggregating in all Rupees 120. Tho Nakhoda
and the crew state that they did not rccogniso any ono of the robbers; »ha
their dialect was Bedouin.

No. 170, dalod Uushire, 131st December 188G.
I'rom—Colonkl E. C. Ito?s, C.S.I., Political Resident in the Persian Cull and U«*
Majesty'® Consul-Ooneral for Pur®,
To—Tho Soorctary to tbo Ooverurnont of India, Foreign Dupartiuonl.
I havo tho honor to acknowledge receipt of your oflico No.
27th Novemhor 1880, drawing attention to tho yiows of Hor Alnjos y