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CHAPTER XIII (January 1820) 150
Mopping up expedition. Kharak Island. Mir Mehenna, ‘the
execrable tyrant*. Bahrain, its gardens. Meeting with Shaikhs at
Rafaa. The secret room. Gulf politics. Pirate ships in Bahrain
harbour. Message from 'the old butcher*. Meal with Shaikh
Abdulla, his subsequent history.

CHAPTER XIV (January-July 1820) 163
Buying pearls in Bahrain. Pearl diving. Slick pearl merchants.
Loch teaches them a lesson. To Basra again. The story of the
Smyrna Turk. Detecting a thief. Disaster of E.I.C. ship Ariel.
The Indian Ocean. The Nabob of Arrat. Back to Muscat.
CHAPTER XV (September 1820-March 1821) 176
Bushirc. The Shaikh and his ‘treasure*. Hot sea bathing. Farewell
to Muscat. The situation in the Gulf. Voyage to India. Cachin.
The river Hooghly. Calcutta. John Adam. Barrackporc. Hunt­
ing on elephants with Lord Hastings. Departure for home. Loch’s
subsequent career. Colonel Gordon Loch.
CONCLUSION
The Gulf today. Kuwait. Bahrain. Qatar. Oil. The Trucial
coast. Muscat. The ‘Haves and the Have-Nots’. 189

BIBLIOGRAPHY 193
INDEX 195

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