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actually belonging totlioplaco, iu this ho entirely agreed with me and promised
a* Boon oa ho could do bo without giving offence, to send the boats in question
about thoir work again..
On tho following morning all tholioato belonging to tho place proceeded to
dieombark thoir mon; and wo had information from tho aboro that tho Boni
Ilnjir wero still at tho fort already mohxioncd.
All tho inhabitants of tho placo liaving arrived, I did not consider the pro-
sonco of tho gun-boat any longer flfccoBsary. I thcroforo at 0-30 a.m. pro-
cccdcd for J3alircin arriviug thcro at sunset tho same day.
Shoikh Ahmed remained bchind4o dismiss the boats and bring nows of
anything which might aftorwards occiuj.
lio arrived in Bahrein on the evening of tho Gth and brought nows of a
fight having taken placo, in which tho, Bcnfllnjir wero worsted with tho loss of
24 killed, wounded unknown, and leaving two prisoners in the hands of the
Naccmis.
Thoy lmvo retreated from tho neighbourhood of Zobarah to somo part of
tho Kutr coast, but of their exact whereabouts we lmvo not as yot rccoivcd any
information.
Horowitli I bog to cncloso the accompanying letter received from Jassem
bin Thanco, of El Biddnh, the contents of which togethor with the prcscnco of
tho Turks with tho Boni Ilnjir leave no doubt in my mind that their object in
attacking Zobarah was to secure a placo from which they might easily make
a descent upon Bahrein.
In conclusion, I would beg to add that duriug tho vessel's stay off Zobarah
tho most vigilant watch was kept on tho 6horo for tho appcaranco of anything
liko Turkish colors, but I am certain nothing of the kind was displayed.

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Summary of intclligcucc received from tho News Ageut at Bahrein on Gth September 1874.
29th August 1874.—A boat has arrived from Khor Shajcyj with intelli­
gence that fiyo days ago somo of tho tribe of tho Boni Ifajir with, thoir Chiefs,
Nnssir bin Khalcd and Boni Shahamam accompanied
• Rclnlivo of Nadir bin Moiwrik.
by Hamid bin Abdullah • and 9*ulmnn bin Ahmed,
had arrived at lthor Shajcyj part by l^nd and part by sea iu threo boats, two
of which wero Persian, and tho third bolongcd to
t On Qutlur Cooat.
an inhabitant of Doah.f Jassom bin Mahomed bin
Sani and his party aro bolioved to liavb instigated this movemout, and to have
supplied thorn with monoy, dates, &o. :Ou their way thoy pirated a JJnhrcin boat
which was proceeding to Biddnliwith 400 Beals belonging to Jassom bin Maho­
med bin Sani. Thoir number is computed at 300, but not all Beni Hajirs, as
somo of tho othor tribes had also joinod^tbem.
This intolligcnco caused great efinstornation in Bahrein during tho night
of tho 29th August, and guns wero fired as signal for an asscmblago of tho
inhabitants of Bahroin, and about 300 . mon collected for tho defence of tho
Island. • .
On 80th August Her Majesty’s. Gymbont Hugh Jloso went to cruizo about
l£hor Skajoyj, and nrrangomonts woro ihado to proYent tho island being taken
bysurpriso during tho absonco of thatTcssol. About 800 armed mon collected
aro uhd. Shoikh Esau bin;Ali.and dcclngod thoy would fight to tho death m his
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’: lAbddol' • Bah man bin .Eoysul with 25 'Ncdjdccs aro also-on tho island.
Thifl! porson’has boon'libornted by tho Turkish' Governmont and is on his way to
Itiodh'to join hjfl brother Snood. • o •
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