'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [189] (231/733)
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pledge, but that His Highness' desire should be referred to India.
The guarantee of course was never given.
Some irregular proceedings on the part of the Arabs* of Al Ushkara
having been brought to the notice of the Government, instructions were
issued to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Kishm to proceed against them, in the
event of the action reported appearing to be clearly piratical ; at the
same time, he was instructed to take every care to ascertain that what
was represented as piracy, might not be lawful warfare. In conformity
wilh these instructions, a cruiser was despatched to Al Ushkara, to
convey a lelter addressed to the Chiefs of the Beni Boo Ali Tribe from
the British authority. On arriving off the place above alluded to, a man
of some consequence (who had been previously procured from Muskat),
was sent with the communication, but, on his landing, the boat was
attacked by the Arabs, and the messenger cut in pieces. This proceed
ing appeared to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
sufficient to justify immediate
hostilities, and accordingly, by his orders, six companies of
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
, with
eight pieces of artillery, were embarked from Kishm on board several
vessels of war, which sailed forthwith for Muskat, where they arrived
on the 11th October. A plan of operations was immediately concerted
with the Imaum, and it was arranged, that as the landingat Al Ushkara
was nearly impracticable, and could not be supported by such of His
H ighness' troops as were to co-operate, the detachment should proceed
to Soor by sea, while His Highness marched with his forces by land
to the same place. The Beni Boo Ali Tribe no sooner received infor
mation of the projected expedition than they set fire to Al Ushkara, and,
after burning fourteen of their boats, retreated into the interior, to Bulad
Beni Boo Ali. The detachment being joined by one thousand men
from the Imaum, together with nine hundred head of draft cattle,
marched from Soor on the 1st November, carrying with them two six-
pounders, two howitzers, and two iron eighteen-pounders.
On the 8th November the combined forces arrived within three miles
of Bulad Beni Boo Ali, the residence of the
hostile tribe, and a demand was forthwith made
for the surrender of their fortifications and arms, together with the
persons who had murdered the messenger at Al Ushkara. The sum
mons was sent by His Highness the Imaum, but conveyed
an intimation from the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
that the war on the part
of the British was brought on by the Beni Boo Ali having committed
piracies on the seas, and that this cause was quite distinct from the
reasons which had induced His Highness to proceed against them. In
* A small place on the sea coast near Ras-ool-IIud, belonging to the Beni Boo Ali Arabs,
a fierce and turbulent tribe residing in Jaalan, a province belonging to the Imaum, whose
authority they had lately thrown off (June 1820).
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
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The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
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Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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