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           that placo and had sent some of thoir Cliiofs to obtain tho same from Nassutf
           Caun that they might bring their families from Ormus where they could not
          subsist for want of water, and Nassur Caun being desirous of having them
          under his Government hearkened to their proposals of sending a person which
          he know to be faithful to him and Friond and relation to the Benimines, all
          whioh circumstances induced Jaffcr Caun rather than be order’d out of his
          Government to write to his brother for permission to see his family at Lhor
          which was readily granted him and Hodgee Ally Morviagin sent to take
          charge of the Government during, as they thei^ said, his absence and that Jaffer
          Caun sot out accordingly with money and rich presents to present Nassur
          Caun hoping to regain his Government, ho having a littlo bofore his departure
          forced great sums from the inhabitants, particularly our Brokers and had since
          his being at Lhor frequently wrote he was coming, but Nassur Caun did not
          seem willing to grant him permission & by private letters to your present
          Govemour and Chiefs seemed convinced that his proceedings there had injur’d
          the place for which reason ho did not intend letting him return and recommend
          it to him to recover the place out of its drooping stage by encouraging the
          merchants and as many Arab families as possible to settle there at same time
          desiring him to send him any sum that the Chief of Iandun might pay as tribute
          to him which had been complied with notwithstanding Jaffer Caun had wrote
          to Govemour there to keep it on his account and by appearances there seemed tio
          be no likelihood of his return, and hopes if the place being able to recover
          itself under the present Govemour, he being the very reverse of the former. Naair Khan
          That Nassur Caun had concluded a peace with Carem Caun whereby be was with £rimKhan.
          confirmed Beglerbeg of the Hot countries on conditions of annually paying two
          thousand Tomaunds and keeping 100 Musquetteers as Shyrash also employing
          his Forces for the service of Carem Caun in the Hot countries. Inconsequence
          there of having collected all his troops he sett out for Lhor and reduced the
          people of Naatpaschavar and Ajchanoum to his obedience compelling them to
          submit to such terms as he prescribed and then returned to Lhor and from
          thence wrote the Chiefs of Iairoun to pay him his tribute immediately or he
          should serve them in like manner as those of Anatt and that hitherto they had
          only returned evasive answers sending small sums of money and presents hoping
          to delude him, which he seem’d determined not to be, having in several letters
          wrote he should set out the 18th October for Tauroun. That the Benimine
          Arabs in consequence of their agreement with Nassur Caun had brought most
          of their Families to that place and as they were reduced to poverty by their
          war with the Jalfar Arabs. They were continually on the watch to plunder Boni Main Arabs
          anything that might come in their way and was it not for such a wary Han flom
          as the present Govemour he said, they wou’d soon play some trick there0rmuz to
           specially with the English as they had not been baokward in using theirGombroon*
           endeavours for that end. That Moola Ally Shaw was gone to Juffar in
          order to get the assistance of the Arabs there in the recovery, as his family
          were kept prisoners in the Castle and that Carmenia by the latest advices Mull» All 8h»w
           continued to be in confusion as the Calentar who was made Govemour of the goc8 t09lm*a t0
          city. Tending several disaffected people to Jangy Beg Sultaun, endeavoured Ja,faT Ar*b# ia
           to sett up for himself, but in an engagement was defeated and taken Prisoner Ormuz!caplure
          the merchants were chiefly ruined and the Linguist finding it impracticable
          to stay there with any degree of safety requested he, Mr. Lyster, wou’d write to
          Tangy Bego give him permission to come to that place whioh was granted
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