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policy. You will oxplain that it is our determination to por*ovcro in that polioy notwith­
standing: the removal of our troops from Kishm, which has beon restored to the Imam of
Mask at under whoso sanction we occupied it; and that the pretensions to its sovereignty
remain precisely in tho same state os at the poriod when that sanation was granted.
0. Tboenclosed copy of n Minute by the Honourable the Govornor and of tho letters
nddrossed to Ilis Majesty's Envoy at Tehran and to Captain Bruco will mako you fully
acquainted with tho circumstances connected with the claim to the value of some boats belonging
to tho Persian ports of Linga and Clmrraok which were captured by His Majesty's Navy in the
last expedition on tho ground of their boing connected with tho Joassmee pirates.
10. You will porceivo tho determination of tho Govornor in Council long ainco formed to
compensate the owners ; you will proceed to give effeot to that determination in tho mode already
prescribed without any rofercnco to tho stipulation contuincd in Captain Bruce's agreement for
that purposo, and in direct communication with tho sufferers : should you experience any
difficulty on the subject which a reference to tho Envoy at Tehran may not remove, you will
apply for further instructions to the Governor in Council.
11. With respect fo tho nature of your permanent local functions at But hi re they are
exclutively of a commercial character to protect the British trade against the exaction of
higher rates of duty than have been fixed by the Government of Persia, and all merchant ships
belonging to subjects of the British Government trading to the port of Bushire and all
British subjects residing or trading under the protection of the British fiag in the lawful
prosecution of their commercial dealings.
12. Our relations with the Imam of Mashat, where wo havo a native Agent, are best
explained by the enclosed copy of an agreement negotiated with that Stato iu 1798 by the
late Mahomed Ali Khan and subsequently confirmed with Sir John Malcolm in 1800. It is
also necessary to put you in possession of the correspondence between tho Imam of Maskot
and the Bombay Government aud recently between His Highness aud Captain Morseby of
His Majesty's Ship Mendi respecting the abolition of tbo slave trade carried on by foreign
European Powers.
13. 1 also enclose the copy of a correspondence with the Imam regarding the terms ofl
which the Chiefs of the Beni Boo Ali Arabs have been permitted to return to Arabia, as the
British Government is in some respect auswerablc for their personal safety.
14. There is nothing in onr relations with Maskat that requires any special instruction,
except tho renewal on your part of an assurauce that His Highness will continue to observe that
friendly counection with the British Government which has hitherto proved reciprocally
advantageous to the two States. It will, however, be essential that you should advise the
Imam of Maskat, in whatever countenance or protection he may afford to Ramah bin Jauber,
who was formerly Chief of Khore Jlusscn and notorious for his former depredations, if not on
the British at least ou other traders, to gaard agaiast his renewing his former courses or
disturbing the tranquillity of the Gulf.
15. With the Petty Arab Slates enumerated in
pJfeil'Slate1 Khymafihzib “bxn the margin Major General Sir William Keir
Ahmed, Chief of Jezirat at Hannah. entered into Treaties for the abandonment of piracy
Shakbout, Chief of Abou JDhabyu, Huston in the last expedition, to whioh they have hitherto
Jin Ali, Chief of Mahomed bin Haza satisfactorily adhered. You will receive from Lieu-
If Shit Matm'd &»ah!n Sagflr, Cklf tenant Colonel Kenuet the records of our proceed.
Shargah. ings with those States, from which, with the result
Seid Abdul Jalil bin Seid Yarvakeel of of a personal communication with that officer, you
Sheik Solymann bin Ahmed and Sheik will ascertain the nature of our intercourse with
K?atfl\h, of BaLin’ld.kid ‘^.principalities “nd «'• P™«l«ct then, is of
Chief of Eimar. effecting a complete reformation in the piratical
Abdullah bin Rathid, Chief of Uinan’ul• habits of the Chiefs.
Kowyn.
16. It is necessary that you should have a personal interview with those Chiefs with the
view of conciliating and confirming them in the disposition they have hitherto manifested to
conform to their engagements: you will explain to them that a confidence in the continuance
of that disposition has led us to withdraw our troops from Kisbm which was from the first a
temporary arrangement, that a squadron of cruizers will still be maintained in the Gulf
to preserve its tranquillity, which will occasionally visit their posts to uphold the frieudly
intercourse that has been carried on sinoe the conclusion of those treaties, and that you will
yourself occasionally visit them with similar views.
17. You will hereafter be furnished with copy of the instructions under which the
maritime control over tho piratical port9 i9 to be conducted on the removal of the force from
Kishm. They will bo sufficiently full and explicit and supersede the necessity for any further
orders on this branch of your duty; you will, however, concert with Lieutenant-Colonel
Kennett the best means of furnishing the Arab vessels with the flags and papers prescribed
by the general treaty, and communicate the result to the Arab Chiefs concerned in their
observance. They should bo granted or renewed either by yourself or nuder your authority
by the Officer Commanding the squadron whichever may prove the most convenient to the
Arab traders : you will in fact cuusider and suggest the most effectual mode for enforoing thtf
provisions of those treaties now that the oontrol has been transferred from Kishm to Bashir* .•
Should it be uecessnry to carry ou offensive operations against any Chief who may show it
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