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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF TUB PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL AGENCY for 1882-83.
POLITICAL
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residency
7. The chief of Babcy has conducted himself satisfactorily, and , The result of the contest has
remained 6n good terms with his neighbours of Shargah and AJ. the Shamnrar, Harb, and Bureyyah tribes. ^

m 8. The chief of Abu-Dhebbee was, in the summer of 1882, annoyed no 'It fl-ZatSa’ced Pasha has resumed Mutaserrif of Bl-Hwa 3, which
bv a raid made on Lcewah by a party of the Al-Morrah from El-ha* district has been tranquil. j jn the Report for 1881-82 that
and he sent a force to endeavour to retaliate, but with little success. 16. M-KalrrIt the town of El-Bidata had suffered ill-
Some of his followers of the Manaseer tribe, however, are reported to British Indian trac era res » ‘ Jasim-bin-Mohammcd-bm-'l hanee,
have come upon a body of Al-Morrah and Beni-Hajir, and to have treatment t Sli.ir«uramarily ejected the Indie,
, ' .
killed four men and carried off 150 camels. chief of that.port Lvemu: y to suffer considerable pecuniary
9. In April the Political Resident, accompanied by tho Assistant 1 o=s °1 The 'shaikh alleged various false reasons for this unjust proceeding,
Resident, visited the various ports of the pirate coast, and received visits
MiSs"wSTde’iatrf with a letter
from the chiefs to whom the customary presents were given.
and verbal messages to Shaikh Jasim, urging him in a conciliatory man-
3. Bahrain. ner to adopt a more friendly attitude, but this agent met with no suc-

cess mid scant courtesy.
10. Plappily for the islands of El-Bahrain, there is nothing 0f
18. In November the Residency Confidential Agent was despatched in
importance or interest to add to the annals. Shaikh Ahmed-bin-Ali,
brother of the Chief, went for a second time on a pilgrimage to Mecca Pier Majesty’s ship Woodlark to El-Bida'a, with a letter to the Shaikh,
couched in polite terms, hut indicating the redress which the Government
and returned 6afely. The mercantile community are desirous of the
would require of him, on account of the ill-treatment of British subjects,
establishment of a regular post office at Manamah, and the matter is
this being chiefly payment of* a moderately estimated compensation for the
under consideration of the Postmaster-General of Bombay.
actual losses entailed on the Hindus by the Shaikh's proceedings. This
11. During the year the Political Resident paid several short visits
mission also having failed to bring Shaikh Jasim to reason, the Resident
to the islands, and Her Majesty's vessels^ on the station frequently
proceeded to the snot with Her Majesty's ships Woodlark and Arab, and
called.’
exacted an indemnity of Rs. 8,0u0, which was paid to the traders.
4. Nejd, El-Hasa, and El-Katr.
12. In the interior of Nejd, events have occurred during the past 6. Fius.
year which are not without historical importance. In the autumn of
1882, 'Abdallnh-bin-Feysal endeavoured to recover the district of Zil
Majma in El-Kaseein, which had latterly placed itself under Mohammed- Lingali, which have been eenarah.lv d • ■ *i’r B 0 pundcr Abbass and
Ibn-Rasheed, Ameer of Jebel-Shammar. This attempt brought the Anacen.es Sudan a -*• *• <* the
latter chieftain into the field, and'Abdallah, outnumbered, retired to
lliadh. rihere he learned that Ibn-ltasheed had entered into correspon - meat o£ tta executive s„vern.
euce with his «ej»hews, the sods of Su'ood, and had made overtures to Dowlah, son
n°a2iri^Thisyoung1^;
them in view to inducing them to take part against their
else to remain neutral This, apparently, alarmed 'Abdallah, who placea
his relations with his nephews on a. new footing. The present arrapg&j
ment seems to be that 'Abdallah-bin-Feysal is recognized as “ I*naDV
is I
or religious head of the Wahdbees of Riadh, and the military P°**5
entrusted to Mohammed-bin-Su'ood as Military Commander. I*
that
conversant with the history of the Wahabees of Nejd are aware
the
nn er ormer Imams or Ameers a similar arrangement was in vog130* Sh.r« came to light, and & “ti™ »f
hen-apparent to the Ameership being usually the leader of the iorce^ slavsry at
O 1 j ohammed-hm-Su'ood, supported by the tribes El- ^ jLjed the Ll-“ reP°rW ‘hat
' an<* s°keyyah, marched against the tribe Bureyyab, and nadet eir£the7 s Were ^scovered on
and
away numerous camels and cattle. * , * flnd £ * preparations have b
tho ohiAf °Sfl illjP smce ^en proceeding between the AJ;SU 0 tb0 muS living season. een
8taudi nf The chief tribes which ralhed to 6. Peusun Abab
MotyMS!^obfmrtbi''-Su,00d the ■’Ateybuh, the Ko I STAN.
or rather froo ^ ?U100'> the Dowasir, the ’Ajmdn, an %7isr HiS
>atha fragments of those tribes. MohamJned-Ibn-Rasbeed coif® -“-Suited1 >
-es-Sultan,
continues to