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161 Part V—Chap. XXXVI.
7. Sooltaun bin Suggur should he dissuaded from joining in this attack should it evor bo
seriously intendod, and in rospcct to tho Iinam of Muscat it seems only nccossary to point out to
His Highness how repeatedly ho has been deceived by Persia in its views on that islaud to
provent him from again exposing hiuiBclf to an allianco which will terminate as faithlessly as
tho others have dono.
8. I have the honour to encloso with his letter an open despatch (of which n copy is also
forwarded) to the Chnrgtf d'Affaircs at the Court of Porsia .to enable him whenover it shall
appear expedient to communicato with that Court on tho subject of tho projected attack on
Bahrein, on the gcnornl 6lato of tho Gulf politics ; as a copy of your despatch now under reply
could not bo made without conbidorablo detention of tho Nautilus, which will convoy this lottor,
you are requested to furnish Major Willock with a copy.
9. 'With regard to the fortifications which Sooltun bin Suggur wishes to erect at Ilnsul
Khynia, I am diroctod to refer you to my despatch of tho 20th instant (No. 357), in which
you will obsorvo it is stated that tho terms of the treaty, do not allow oj our preventing the
building of forts, or tie retaliation of tribes, but that if the result of these measures is a
al of piracy, the perpetrators will find that an expedition can be sent from Bombay as easily
renew
as from Ksshm.
10. My letter of tho 17th of this month will put you in full possession of all tho cor res-
pondenco which has passed regarding tho Bahrein Botolla seized by tho Commander of Iiis
r- Majesty's Sloop Sophie.
: 11. Tho Govornor in Council sanctions tho occasional hire of boats by the Commanders Of
tho cruizors as recommended in paragraph 23 whenever it may be found necessary as a pre­
caution for the safety of their own boats under tho circumstances there alluded to.
12. Adverting to the 70th paragraph of your letter, tho Superintendent of Marine will bo
directed to causo tho Commanders of all cruizers proceediug on the Gulf station to be furnished
with copies of tho Gulf eurvoy as soon as they can bo completed.
:
299. Copy of tho above report of the Resident and tho Government's instruc­
tions was forwarded to Major G. Willook, tho Secretary in charge of the British
Mission, with the following remarks (letter No. 394, dated 26th March 1823):—

No. ?91, dated 2Glh March 1823.
From_W. M. Nbwniiau, Esq., Chief Secretary. Bombay Castle, Political Dopartmont,
To—Major G. Willook, Secretary, in charge of the British Mission nt Tabriz.
1 am directed to acquaint you that the Resident in the Persian Gulf has been requested
to furnish you with n copy of his dispatch to this Government of the 27th February for tho
nurpo<e of putting you in complete possession of tho present state of the piratical powers in
thatquarter, and 1 am directed also to transmit to you at tho same time copy of tho reply
addressed to Mr. McLeod under this date.
2 The Governor in Council directs me to solicit your particular attention to those parts
of this correspondence which relate to the Arab tribes on the Persian Coast, and particularly to
the rumour of a combined attack on the Islaud of Bahrein by the troops of Persia in conjunc­
tion with the Imam of Muscat and Sultan bin Suggur.
3 It is not at all the wish of this Government that any immediate communication should
be made to the Persian Court on the subject of this dispatch, nor that any discussion on the
subiect of the political state of tho Gulf should be renewed, but whenever circumstances shall
in your opinion render it expedient to agitate tho subject, tho possession of this correspondence
will enable you to do so with advantage.
4 In such case the Governor in Council would suggest that tho Court of Persia should
be dissuaded from disturbing the present tranquillity of the Oulf established with so much diffi­
culty and expense, and that it should at the same time be stated that any renewal of piratical
practices will compel the British Government again to keep up a military establishment in the
Gulf which, as long as the seas art secure, can be dispensed with.