"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٨‎٥‎١] (١٧٨٢/١٠٠٦)

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by the death of the former, a source of constant unrest. Indeed Captain
Bruce appears to l.ave been betrayed into his maladroit concessions
to the Prince Governor of Shiraz partly by irritation at the petty warfare
to which the enmity between the A1 Khalifah and L the Jalahimah gave
rise.
At the beginning of 1822 both sides appealed to the British author
ities to mediate,-a request which was at once granted on condition thai
the British Government should not be understood to guarantee the
observance by either party of such terms as might be arranged. An
interview took place betweeen 'Abdullah -bin-Abmad and Rahmah-bm-
Jabir at Basidu In the presence of Colonel Kennett, the Acting
Political Agent at that place; but the differences of the chiefs proved
at this time to the irreconcileable. From the fruitless meeting at
Basidu Shaikh 'Abdullah returned to Bahrain, while Rahmah proceeded to
Masqat to lay his grievances before his friend and ally, Saiyid Sa'ul; the
only result of this movement, however, was that a few months later I ie
ruler of Masqat informed the British Resident that he considered Rabmah
to be an altogether unreliable character and declined to accept a respon
sibility for the actions of that chief which the Government ot India
wished to fix upon him.
Tn t 823 earnest but still unsuccessful efforts were made by Lieutenant
McLcod to bring the principal disputants into accord.
At length on the 24th of February 1824, an agreement was signed
in Bahrain before Colonel E. G. Stannus, Political Resident, by Shaikl,
'Abdullah and Rahmah -bin-Jabir, by which they undertook to be at peace
with one another for the future upon certain conditions, principally the
withdrawal by Rabmah of bis protection from the A1 Bu Samait tnbe
and the indemnification by him of Bahrain subjects for certain losses
which lie had inflicted on them. This peace, which seems to have been
observed by both parties for nearly two years, ultimately broke down ; in
lg-'5 an attempt was made by the Resident, but without success, to effect,
a „ accommodation between the Shaikh of Bahrain and the Al Bu Sama.t;
and in the war which was then renewed, the blind and aged Rahmah, as
related in the history of Hasa, perished In an extraordinary and dramatic
manner by his own act. - „ , • i i 4. xu
In IS-ZO, as we have seen, the Shaikhs of Bahrain submitted to the
ruler of Masqat and undertook to pay him an annual tribute, of which
one instalment was actually discharged; but by 18-22, if not earlier,
they had ceased to observe their engagements. In August 1822,
when a naval attack on Bahrain by Saiyid Sa'id appeared imminent
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bin-.Tabir
and the
Shaikhs ot
Bahrain,
1822-1826.
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Renewal
designs of
the Saiyid
of Maaqftt
upon
Bahrain.