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hard to fathom. But this was not the only matter about which
lie lied. He told Loch that there were ships of the Joasmi pirates
in Bahrain harbour. The ships which Loch’s landing party cap­
tured, with loss of life, belonged to the Beni Yas tribe, who were
not engaged in piracy, and the Bombay Government eventually
had to pay compensation for their destruction.

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