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CCXIX.
From—Captain Malcolm,
To—The Governor of Bombay.
Hon’ble Sib,
I have the honour to inform you of my arrival at this Port after
Agreement kigned a voyage which was protracted a few days by my negotiations with the Imaine
Dumimfof French^ whom I fell in with on board one of the largest vessel lying in the anchor in the
men from
ierrice. h“ harbour between the Island of Angar and Kishmis. To obviate those evils that
had arose from misunderstanding between the two States, and to lay the
foundation of a more intimate friendship I proposed to him to enter into an
agreement which should stipulate in the first place for his future faithful per­
formance of engagements and in the seoond for the residence of an English
Agent at the port of Muscat, and after a short discussion of some inferior
points he agreed to comply with my propositions and affixed his seal to the
original agreement which I now enclose with accompanying translation, Altbo’
I had no speoial instructions to conclude an engagement of this nature I
thought by doing so I was meeting in the fullest manner you wishes parti­
cularly as those are expressed iu your letter of the 12tli December 1799 and
hope my couduct will be honoured by your approbation.
I am well oonvinced that the Imame is sincere in his professions as he
appears a man of sufficient penetration to understand his own interests which
T
oJ as he himself observed have been materially changed by the whole Court of
ri
w Malabar falling into the possession of the English.
to
p After he bad signed the agreement he informed me that lie had still five
or six Frenchmen in hi s service all of which should he discharged the moment
he returned to Muscat but that this measure would distress him a good deal
if eight or ten Gunners were not sent from Bombay to supply their place. I
promised him to address you on this subject and to request that you would if
possible comply with his wishes.
The native Broker at Muscat has conducted himself much to my satis­
faction and will, I have no doubt, be an useful man to Mr. Bogle or any
gentleman that raav in future reside at that port.
I have in conformity with you wishes lost no time in discharging the
Frigate and Captain Lalby proposes in sailing to-morrow. I cannot in justice
to that officer refrain from expressing my grateful sense of his attention to
myself and suite since I embarked on Board the Frigate under his Command.
I have the honour to be etc., etc.;

(Sd 0 JOHN MALCOLM,
Envoy .
ABU8HEHER,
4th February 1800,

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From the Governor of Bombay to Mirza Mohedi Ali Khan dated 21et February 1800.
1. I have received your two letter one under date the 24th of December
written from Taharaun and the other dated the 31st of the same month from
the town of Shah Abdul Azeem and their contents have been fully known by
me.