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range of British naval guns, and informing the others, who sided with the
Sultan that they were at liberty to proceed to his assistance by land.
These were the local dispositions made to meet the situation ; and Direct action,
amono" those of a further-reaching character, more fully noticed in the Britibh Gov
history of Najd, was an ultimatum seut through his seaport of Qatif to ^
the Wahhabi Amir, in which a written apology and compensation for the Wahhabis
outrage at Sur were demanded. No reply to the ultimatum having been
received within the limit of time prescribed, naval operations against the 1865.66.
Wahhabis followed at Qatif and Damman ; and on the 11th of February
H M S " Highflyer ,} appeared off Sur to insist on atonement by
the Jannabah for their part in the affair of August by payment
of ^7,700 compensation within 24 hours. On the tribe attempting
to procrastinate, a fire was opened which demolished their forts; the
whole of their boats were either confiscated or destroyed; and a large
quantity of their ship-timber was burned. No personal injury was
suffered by non -combatants, who were given ample opportunity to
remove; but a small part of the town was accidentally burned, in conse
quence of a change in the direction of the wind.
At length, on the 20th of February, two letters from the Wahhabi
Amir reached Colonel Pelly, who had taken up his post of observation BriU^Gov.
at the British telegraph station then existing in Khor-ash-bham. ^ ^
the first, which was dated 28th January, accepted Colonel Pelly s bis, 18 6.
mediation between the Wahhabis and the State of ^Oman, subject appa
rently to a condition that the British Government should undertake to
enforce the award 3 while the second, in reply to the Britlsh
turn, stated that an agent would be sent to discuss matters and that the
Jannabah were guilty of the outrage at Sur, but that thc
nised his responsibility for recovering damages fiom t tm. , . . . ,
ment of India animadverted on the stringency of the demands
been made by their representative at Qatif and Sur, and on ® 6 01 1
of the time allowed for compliance with the British terms a o o
places, but they were on the whole satisfied with the resul of the opera
L. In April 1866 WahMbi emissaries &om 'Abdul ah, who had
recently succeeded his father Faisal as ruler of the Wahhab.s, ailived at
Bushehr and undertook, besides giving other more general assurances a^
the Amir should not in future attaek Arab tribes in alliance -th th
British, especially those of 'Oman, so long as the custom ^ ly j/ d t
punctually paid. The British Government on their part dechr^d ^
guarantee the payment of Zakat, but the good offices of ^ Bus
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. were promised in any dispute whieh might arise on the subject.