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transferred by bill of sale to Ilnjeo Zonnil Abadccn, British subject of Bombay. Declaration
of ownership was lodged by mo at the timo in tho Master Attendant's Office, Bombay. I was
going to scant onco, and I was informed by tho Master Attendant that, as thcro was a pro­
bability of tho ship being sold to some Persians, all that would bo necessary, after the money
was paid, would bo for tho register to bo handed in, when it would be cancelled.
“ In thomeantimo tho negotiations with the Persians fell through, and I am now authoriz­
ed by the owner, Ilajcc Zcnail Abadccn, to take out a new register. During the whole of ray
absonco I havo looked upon him ns my owner. 1 liavo remitted as much as Rs. 20,000 or
Its. 25,000 to him when coaling at Aden, and for stores at Kurrachec I drew upon him,"
Secret, December 1871, No*. 1-153. (No. 156). 131. Tho Bombay Government, in a
• Pago 231. Resolution dated 27th July, observed* :—

" It would'appear that the owner of the S. S. Snipe is a British subject. Thero have
been negociations for the sale to Persian subjects, and apparently in anticipation of these
ncgociations being perfected, it was proposed to register the vessel in tho names of the proposed
transferees, which Captain Pryce refused to permit, as the sale was not complete and the persons
narnod were foreigners."
In a letter of the 29th December 1871 Colonel Pelly incidentally mon-
tioned that ho had been informed that the Turkish authorities had purchased
the Snipe.

132. Murder of a so-called Turkish Messenger at Bahrein.

On the 12th September Colonel Pelly forwarded certain papers regarding
the seizure and death of an Arab of the
Secret, December 1871, Nos. 151-1C5.
Beni Hajjir tribe at a fishing village called
Ageria on the south-west end of the Bahrein Island, Ho had already informed
Government of the occurrence by a tolcgram dated 1st September :—
“ Tho several accounts of the matter," said Colonel Pelly in his letter,u are not alto­
gether consistent ono with another. But I gather generally that Nassir-bin-Mobarek, tho
escaped pirato of I860, sought service with, or tho patronage of, the Turkish Commander at
Lahsa ; that ho was more or less received into favour by the Commander ; that eventually
Nassir-bin-Mobarek, wishing to communicate with G .vattur, selected a messenger from that
tribe to which ho (Nassir) himself belonged on his mother’s side, via., the Beni Hajjir ; that
this messenger was accordingly charged with letters by Nassir and proceeded to Ojair; that at
Ojair tho messenger embarked on board a Kowait boat, in company with a fleet of Bahrein
boats which were returning home ; that wanting water, or for other purpose, the Kowait boat,
together with tho Bahrein fleet, put into Ageria on the Bahrein coast; that, while there
anchored, it came to the knowledge of ono or more of the relatives of the late Chief of Bahrein,
Ali-biu-Khuleefa, that tho messenger wa3 the very man who had killed or aided in killing the
late Chiof in tho piratical attack of 1869; that inacoordanco with Arab laws of vengeance (and,
as the present Chief asserts, without in tho first instance refening to him) the relatives of
the Into Chief seized and killed the messenger ; that tho clothes of the messonger were then
searched and found to contain letters addressed as follows
f In command of Turkiib Troop*. u From Fereck Pashaf to Jassim-bin-Maho-
X Sou of Kitar Chief. med bint Sanco.
** From Nassir-bin-Mobarek to ditto ditto.
“ From tho son of ditto to ditto ditto.§
{ Thii letter waa as follow*
"Tlio Turkish Government aro mindful of Gwut- From Mahamcd-bin-Fcysul to ditto ditto.
tar, Dalircin and oilier place* iu view to putting down
their cucmira *o tbat tbeir friend* may rejoico. " From Abdel Malek-bin-Hersban to ditto
Pleaie God you will aoou receive sow* tbat may ditto,
gladden you,
<( From tho son of Nassir-bin-Mobarek to
Abdoollah-lin-Gbancm Asschatce ;
11 And finally, tbat these letters were then brought to tho preseqt Chief of Bahrein, who
caused those from Nassir-bin-Mobarek, See., to bo opened, but caused the let!or from the
Turkish Commander to be roturned with all precautions to tho Master of the Kowait craft,
and with instructions that tho Mastor should carry it to its destined port and deliver it to its
addressee.
" Tho Chief of Bahrein subsequently enclosed tho lettors taken from tho mossongorks
corpso for my perusal, in original. I roturned these letters to tho Chief with a note, of which
a copy is appoudod."
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