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ngiim. to have rested
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x 85^,;the.question of the pdssession India Hoard, August is, 1852.
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■ wns instructed • '>
Her Majesty’s Govern- To India Hoard, August 28,
' inentf Baw^pfreasoflflo alter their viewb respecting l8r,2t
the poSBCssion.;of Bahrein, which was communicated
to;Ilia Highness in. 1849;
The "Maritime Truce” of 1st June, 1843, above Hernia, vol. is, p. 1005.
alluded to, was only concluded for ten years, but
the benefits/and advantages derived from it were
so f fully- admitted' t\iat; on the 4th May, 1853, a
Treaty'/ was * concluded, under British mediation,
between this Chiefs of Amnlgavine, lSjmnn, Dcboyc.
Beniyas, and • Joasmcc, by which it was agreed
that a pcrpotual “ Maritime Truce” should endure
between them and their successors for ever; that
disputes should be referred to the British Resident
for settlement; and that the maintenance of the
Peace should be watched over by the British
Government. .
In 1859 the Sheikh of Dainnim made extensive
preparations'with the Wahabccs to attack Bahrein,
and several vessels hearing Turkish colours and one
belonging to a Persian port, were seized by them ;
but when the preparations wore almost matured,
the actual outbreak was prevented by the interven­
tion of the British squadron.
For many years previously, that is to say, ever India Onice, February 8, 1862.
since the year 1844, the Chief of Damaun, Mahomed
bin Abdoolah; assisted by the neighbouring Washa-
bcc tribes, had ^endeavoured’ to possess himself of
Bahrein.- Htf had repeatedly been warned by the
British Government that a persistence in this course
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would lead fp/his deportation; and he had repeatedly
promised to;’desist, but his promises were always
broken • and as. the Peace of the Persian Gulf was
seriously, disturbed'• by. these; repeated alarms, and
Piracy encouraged, the . Bombay G overnment dctcr-
mined /to. ’.the: Sheikh from Damaun and
compel; binV/to/ live at Gratic, or on the Persian
siiore, the/Chief of Bahrein consenting to allow him
3,000 dollars ra-ycarand, in a letter addressed by
Captain Felix Jones, tlic"Political Resident, to the
Waliajbcc! Ameer, on the 2nd June, 1861, reference