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-tinued,; howoVery^iQ ' the' administration;- but .pai(J '
•'Itriliuto to•the*\^abnlicc Vcikccl.' • , '
v;V-jAbobt ahabeo Killer .-was engaged' ,
. ih. checking theinvasion • of -the. Turkish troops
under Ibrahim;Pasha, and'the Imaum of Muscat
availed liimself of the opportunity to attack Zobornh
and Bahrein. V;: •.
The former place he succeeded in burning, and
haying landed at Bahrein, he took the Wababec
. yakeel prisonor/hn!l; the Uttoobccs then recovered
possession of the-island.': •'
In IQIG-IG Bahrein was again attacked by the
Imaum of Muscat; but, on this occasion, he was
signally defeated.
In April, 1817, Mr. .Willock, who was then
British Minister in Persia, announced to the
Government of lndia the arrival at Tehran of an
Agent from the Imaum of Muscat, and, in doing so,
Mr. Willock stated that he had been credibly in­
formed that the object of the mission was to inform
the Shah that the British Government had the cap­
ture of Bahrein in .contemplation, and to ask the
Shah to assist the.Imaum with a Ijody of troops, in. .•
order that lie might thwart the design by taking
possession of the island in the name of Mis
Majesty.
Mr. Willock also reported that an Agent of the Mr. Willock No. 6;
Sheikh ofBahrein was also at Tehran, and that a A*,ril 1G* 18l7‘
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letter, of which ’ he was . the bearer, stated that- as
the inhabitants of the islund were of the same sect
a6 the natives of Persia, they had always looked
up to the Persian Monarch as their protector and
head, and that, they therefore hoped for Ilis
Majesty's assistance to cloak them from the oppres­
sions of the Wahabccs.
A firman was jn consequence issued by the Shah Mr. Willock, No. 10;
to the Imaum. of Muscat, granting the military MayG, 1817.
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.assistance he solicited.
It would appear,, ;however, that the • promised
assistance; was :;ne>;er granted ; for in May 1819 Mr. Willock,^No. 16; ^
Mr. Willock reported that the Imaum had never Mny 25’
ceased in bis endeavours to induce the Shah to.r
attempt.the capture .of the Island of Bahrein, andV.
that his recent letters teemed’with complaints of
the non-fulfilment of the engagements contracted by
the JPersian Court.’ -He added that lbvahim Pasha
hud sent messengers to Bahrein, demanding t.hc

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