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tho Arabs, but as wo aro also informed that the lattor was found and carried
1 to Aleppo by some other Arabs—we do not yet despair of hearing of its safe
arrival there; These unusual accidents have boon partly owing to tho unsettled
state of the desert for sorno time past, to the packets being despatched from
“ Grain " and to our not having by that means the power of bringing tho
Messengors to so strict an account as when they were immediately under tho
Government of Bussora, and wore despatched dire ctly from Zeboro—tho lato
■Revolution hero, however, having occasioned tho return of those of tho Zeboro
Arabs who did not choose to trust to Sadoo Cauu’s promises of protection
! and encouragement, wo hope that those disagreeable interruptions to our
dispatches to Aleppo, will be removed, and that they will in future bo made
with greater certainty, moro expedition and less oxpcnco; To tho enclosed
copies of our letters • to our Honorable Masters of the 22nd February, 6th
Maroh, and 2nd April, wo beg leavo to refer Your Honor, &ca., for the
particulars of the lato most favourable revolution and of the other transactions
here to the latter date.

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John Beau ront to the Presidency.
Honourable Sir and Sirs.
The Betty Snow oonveyd my last respects of the 23rd of Juno as per dupli­
cate enclosed.
Deaths of Karim With much concern I am now to inform your Honour, etc., of the melan-
fhan-^vliwari. oholy change that soon after took place here by the Tankseer people having
Tank^'r'peop7!® 8Uddenly g0* possession of Bushire whioh they effected in the following
under Rcia Bagar manner.
Khan.
In the confusion that succeeded Jackey Caun’s death on the 14th June,
Reis bagur Caun of Tankseer, his instrument in ill-treating Sadoo Caun’s women
which power he exercised with oruelty made his escape from the Camp and the
28th notice came here of his reaching Bunderick whence it seems he dispatched
news to Fankseer. The evening of the 29th Reis Hamet Commander of his troops
altho’ blind drew out of Tankseer 2 to 300 men intending as he said to advance
and meet the Caun. When they get clear of the town he led them directly to
i Bushire by positive orders of the Caun as it was afterwards discovered,
*
besides having the instant before their march received advice from some of his
people settled hero that the two Bushire Gallivats had just sailed to go and
convoy up Shaik Nassir as certain accounts were had of his being on his passage
from Muscat. It is true the Gallivats did weigh their anohors that afternoon
but dropt them again almost directly after on perceiving they were too late to
be carried out by the ebb tide.
At 2 in the morning of the 30th I was awaked with the distressing news
that* these Banditti had made themselves masters of tho place by surprise
* No oopy of either of the three despatches addressed by tho Resident and Mr. Abraham to tho Honorable
the Court of Direotors, alludod to in tho above extraot, is in tho possession of Government j tho date
and circumstances therefore under which Bussora was regained by the Turks from the Persians oannot bo
ascertained further than that it was sooomplished by means of a revolution and that it took plaoo between tho
29th December 1778 and the 2nd April 1779.
In the same letter, the Bosideat stated that It appoared to him probable that the Honorable tho
Court of Directors on hearing that this ohange bad taken place in the Government of Bussora, and that there
was every expectation that the Honorable Company would meet with the same oountenance as formerly from
the Pacha of Bagdad, would resolve on continuing the faotory at Bnssora ; The Resident thorefore resolved pend­
ing farther orders to retain Mr. Abraham at Bussora for the purpose of assisting him.

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