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CO Part II—Chap. XV.
by the reduction of Sbinos * ond Klioro Faknum for the Imam, and the
Bombny Govornmont wished also that the expedition should not return without
destroying tho Joasmis* power completely. They expressed their views in the
following letter to tho address of the commanders of tho expeditions dated 6th
January 1810:—
Selection No. 71 of “Tho Honourable tho Governor in Council deliberating on tho information thus obtained
1805-1810, [»p. on tho croditablo report of Syyccd Tukoo, a respectablo Persian mon-hant residing at this
*16. Presidency, is of opinion that considering tho magnitude and importance of tho Expedition
which in pursuance of instructions from tho Ri«>ht Ilonourahle the Governor-General has been
detached to tho Gulpli, it should not prematurely return without the completcst practicable
attainment of the object of itt equipment, which was to destroy, if possible, every Juwasimee
piratical vessel of whatever size or description, whilst, in as far us any rclian-o may ho placed
in the topographical skotoh from Syyeed Tukco, there aro eight or niuo Juwasimee porta
beyond Rasul Khyma (f-r with respect to those und- r that designation on this sido of Capo
Mussoldom they arc underst >od to be old dependencies of Muscat and not to possess any
piratical vessels), which including Rurnz immediately on this side of it nrc calculated to have
belonging to them six hundred and twentv-throe vosscls of different, dimensions, all of which
it is of course desirab'o to destroy or the public nmy perhaps experience, from leaving thorn
undisturbed, tho speedy recurrence of the Juwasimoea 10 t cir former piratical habits and tho
consequent annoyance of our trade, stimulated as these fieebootovs will now moreover bo by tho
impulse of resentment and desire of revenge for what they or their tribe have already suffered ;
under which considerations tho Governor in Council has deemed it essential to furnish you
with Memoranda already referred to not «o much for your literal guidance us to lead to tho
fullest practicable investigation with respect to the degree of foundation there may be for a
reliance on the accuracy ot their contents; in which case it is 1 am instructed to upptize you
ihed-sire and object of Government that every Juwasimee port from llumz or Rumsir to Aboo Aeyl
should be visited and the boats and maritime equipments found in them destroyed as included
under the general scope of your original instructions ; whilst with respect to A'^ore llussoa,
since the merits of that cafe appear to involve a family dispute which tho Imaum of Muscat may
have a personal in'eicst in interfering with, the Governor in Council would latheravoid abetting
or aiding him in that pursuit, as constituting a contingency in which no clear aggression
appears to have been experienced against the British interests, pr ivkUd always that Rcehraa,
or whichever of the two brothers may on the receipt of these instructions be in power at that
port, will enter into written engagements to expel from their protection and territory, or at
least, to desist from giving employment or active support to tho Juwasimee* who aro said to
have resorted thither fiom Rasool Khyma; in failure of all which Khore Hussou and its
maritime and piratical*equipments must bo dealt with liko the Juwasimee ports.
On the other hand, the circumstances of the Ports of Sbinas, Mogoo, Charuc, and Nuckeloo
on the Persian Coa-t, do not appear to involve considerations of sufficient consequence to require
the detention of the armament in the Gulph ; but in the evont of the Commander finding it
necessary in pursuance of the enquiries they will, as above recordod, be required to make to
prolong their operations on tho Arabian Coast, it may be very desirable to detach one or two
vessels to examine the few ports on the Persiau side, and to bring away aud destroy any
Joasmee maritime equipments that may he found there.
It will afford satisfaction to the Governor in Council if, notwithstanding the indications
above adverted to, the issue of Captain Waiuwright and Colonel Smith desired researches into
the grounds of the memoranda now to be transmitted to them shall produce in their minds so
satisfactory a conviction of all or nearly all the vessels of the Joasmees being already
destroyed, as not to call for the prolongation of the services of the armament in the Gulph, in
which case they will lose no time in returning, whilst lo provide for any different result in ihe
termination of their enquiries, a stock of one month's provisions, or as much as tho
Mornington is equal to cany, is to be conveyed in that cruizer with the present communica­
tion, with which the same vessel will of course return at the same time with tho armament,
in as far as the whole, or any part thereof, may not bo required for the consumption of tho
troops.
Memorandum as to the state of the Piratical Ports in the Gulph.
Poll. Dept. D'arr F* *B rePresente(^ by Syed Tuckey that tho state of the remaining ports adverted to in
No. 360 of* 181.0/ the letter from Mr. Bruce of the 3rd December, so connected with or belonging to tho Joasmoe
pp. 116-jsi. * pirates is as follows:—
First. Ports on the Persian Coast.
1.—Shenas, the inhabitants are not Joasmees but put themselves under the protection
of tho Government of Rasal Khima for their own security. They carry on a
petty trade in the Gulph.
• Nois^—'i'h* Sbinas mentioned here is a town on the Batinah Coast on Ouiao, and not the Sbinas on the
Perslsn Coast, with which the Imam of Muslcat bad not the remotest connection. Tho instruction dated otn
January 1810 of the Bombay Government male© it char that Sbinas, Mogoo and other ports on the rersisn
coast were not to be attacked when the expedition left for a second timo lor the Gulf in 1810. The acoouul
given in the records of the Bombay Government and Low's History of the Indian Navy (p»g« ii i°°i
note) make It further dear that tho 8hinas on the Persian Coast waa not touobed by tho expedition Sir llartora
Jones Hrydue evidently tnerefore labours under a mistako In identifying the Shinas attacked by the n
force in 1810 with the Persian Shinas in his History of the Wahauby bound with his Mission to tho Cou qj
Persia.

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