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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎409] (451/733)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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UTTOOBEES,
409
that he had no intention to molest them,—that he was merely in search
of the boats of the A1 Ali, whom he wished to encounter,—that their
fears were in any way relieved. To effect his purpose, he sailed to
Biddah in quest of Esai bin Tarif, but finding his enemy on the alert, and
well able to resist, he returned to the neighbourhood of Bahrein, with
out attacking him. Shaikh Mahomed bin Khaleefa, when he heard of
his arrival, sent a deputation of the principal merchants in the island to
invite him ashore, and welcome him home ; the reply, however, sent by the
haughty Abdoolla, that he required the fort of Muharag to be restored to
him, together with other demcinds of a most preposterous character, pre
cluding all hopes of a meeting being effected between himself and his
relative, he quitted the place, and sailed to Kateef, whence, after des
patching one of his sons on a friendly mission to the Wahabee Ameer,
and the seizure of two small vessels on the Dabil Shoal, he retraced his
steps to Nabend. The above seizure,-although it took place within the
war limits of the restrictive line, and its legality was therefore not to be
questioned, from the peculiar position of the ex-chief on Persian soil, it
soon became manifest that Mahomed bin Khaleefa would be subjected
to a seiies of attacks and annoyances from his rival, without being able
to retaliate ; for the latter, at perfect liberty to carry on hostilities with
in the restrictive line, would be constantly lying in wait for favourable
opportunities to annoy the people of Bahrein, and, ere the injured
paities could take steps lor effecting reprisals, would make good his
escape beyond the limits of lawful warfare. It was highly necessary,
therefore, to place matters upon a more equitable footing, and this could
only be done in two ways,—either by effectually restraining the ex-
chief so long as he resided on the Coast of Persia,"or by suspending the
operation of the restrictive line, and permitting the Shaikh of Bahrein
to puisue and attack Abdoolla bin Ahmed wheresoever he met him.
ihe former mode had been already adopted towards Esai bin Tarif,
Chief of the A1 Ali, who, when located on the island of Kenn, had sought
to disturb the people and dependents of Abdoolla bin Ahmed^t the time
he was Shaikh of Bahrein; but the isolated position of Kenn, and the
ease with which our British cruisers could approach the place, rendered
it a matter of no difficulty to bring Esai bin Tarif to an immediate account,
should he refuse to refrain from hostilities ; whereas, in the case of the
port of Nabend, which was difficult of access, unsheltered from the pre
vailing winds, and formed part and parcel of the main land of Persia,
there would be no way of punishing the offeiider save by a. recourse to
blockade, or to a direct aggression upon Persian territory, by destroying
his vessels, drawn up on the beach. The Resident therefore determined,
in the eventof a complaint being preferred by the Shaikh of Bahrein, and
exhortation failing to restrain the ex-chief, to adopt the latter mode of

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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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