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W. pearl Avers, to.Babrcjo, most pf torn ca/qc. I hear.that ,8Q men,of the
tribes Wacom ami Ql^basa lmyo cwbn$gd with Sheikh A|uncd bin Ali.aud
IChalul bin All in tho boats named Samhan and Jalwa with tho intention of
laudiug at. Zobarah. Theso two vessels have been despatched according to
Shcik]i Efface statement to provent, tho Beni llajir seizing -tho boats of tho
tribo Chabnsa-ahd others, and then proceeding to invndo Bahrein. 'When,
ho/vvo'vor, tlio. Boni ITajir sco tho preparations- that liavo bcon mndo for:tho
dcfenco of tho island they will doubtless I030. heart aud abandou; their cutcr-
prizo. Tho JIugh Hose went to Zobarah to-day-reaching, her destination in tho
ovening. Tho Beni llajir and an ally (or confederate) of Bazco had captured
tho fort of Zobarah and overcome tho defenders. . Wliou the Hugh . .Hose
approached and fired licr.g\m 0/1.,arrival tho.Beni llajir fled .,to thqir compa­
nions who wero bosiegiug another fort,called Morai’r. Fighting between the
Naccm and.t.ho Zobarites continued all night. At dawn tho Hugh Hose drew
hear tho landing placo at the moment when tho besieged, -owing to inferiority
of numbers, wero about to capitulate. Tho approach of tho English vessel
alarmed tho Beni llajir to such a dcgroc,that they took to flight towards the
interior. It is reported that the Doputy of
* Disco Li Chief of K1 liana I boliovc.
Bazco* and tho Beni llajir Chiefs wroto to tho
Zobarites provious to attacking tho forts to say that if rcsistanco wero not
offered, no injury should bo done to thorn, aud thoir object in.coming to tho spot
was to facilitato operations against Bahrein.- The Zobarites toro up tho letter
and detained the messenger thereof a prisoner.
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- Tho JIugh. Hose returned, to Bahrein on thc .dith September;
Sheikh .Ahmed is reported to bo at a short distanco eastward of Bahroin
awaiting to.be recalled. lie returned to Bahrein on tho Gth. I havo bocn told
that when reinforcements reached tho Morah* garrison theysnlliod forth, pursued
thq.,Bcqi Unjjr jfugilives for three hours, and ultimately coming up with them a
ljght pnsped and t^yenty-fivo of the cnciny were slain and sovoral wounded^
Throo of tho satellites of BazcgV.pcputy. wero. shiiu, and tho Bcui llajir an
asking for quarter wero grantod it, and. having laden their dead and wounded on
camels.departed without molqslaliou. Booty consisting of twelve camels and a
small Amount of cash fell into tho hands of tho Naccm. Threo of the victors
wero wounded.
It is prohablo that the Bcui llajir havo fled towards:El Biddah.

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Tnirielatcfl purport of a letter, from Jassiji nih’TifAXF.F., Dowbah, Biddah, to Captain Casifdum.,
dated 20ili llujub 1201 ss* 2nd September 1S74-.
• , I have rocoived your lbttor and. understood its coiitonU. Wo will not
attbmpt any disturbances, nor break thdjncacb of tho Bcas, nor.pluudor: this is
all tho talk of our caomica. • ( r . n
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wfrrA, to,tbo Bflnj'.aSijjx,, Ijib...croaturc^,knoir.it;is..now
four months I am at onmity, \yilli, .tljomi.pn aopount ofr their ^couduot.towauis
us, that is, by taking forciblo poascssion.jand plunder of our property. When
wo turned them away they used to plunder in tho town and its environs. Bazco
Pasha’s man- kopt them near him. You know that wo aro dopondents of tho
Ottoman Govornmont, as also tho Boni llajir. Wo cannot coorco.thorn without
ordors of tho Government. To tho best of my. ability I protected my vessels
and my manyt and theso’ chartered- a buggarah from luo
t Dial llajir. pooplo of-Ears’ and-onO from tho- pcoplo of Eobayo.aiu
wont.away Iron) us. Not,knowing;what'Tboir. intentions, worp, .thoy onpturcu a
inhsWti and’ tobk’pdssossion of tho lotto \ after reading tho lotto thoy. fou
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