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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎416] (458/733)

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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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416
UTTOOBEES.
forsook the cause of the Bahrein Chief, and united themselves to the
Wahabees, which caused Mahomed bin Khaleefa to address the Resi
dent, informing him that Humeed bin Mujdell, having renounced his
allegiance, he could no longer be held responsible for any irregularities
that chief might think fit to commit.
Somewhat later in the season (August), an amicable arrangement was
entered into between Ameer Fysul and the ruler of Bahrein, by the
terms of which the Ameer pledged himself, although he took Abdoolla
bin Ahmed under his protection, and gave him asylum at Lahsa, not to
aid or abet the ex-chief in any measures he might be pleased to adopt
with a view to the re-establishment of his own authority. Shaikh
Mahomed bin Khaleefa engaged on his side to pay the Wahabee tlje
sum of 4,000 dollars; and thus for a time terminated the protracted
struggle between the Shaikh of Bahrein and the people of Ameer Fysul.
Scarcely, however, had Abdoolla bin Ahmed taken up his abode at
Lahsa, under the wing of the Ameer, than his discontented spirit began
once more to cry aloud, and to crave a fresh recurrence to mischief.
He suddenly left the place, and returned to Demaum, where he launched
one of his vessels, with the supposed intention of proceeding to
Kenn, for the purpose of entering into a confederacy with the dis
contented Uttoobees on that island against Mahomed bin Khaleefa.
The fears of the latter chief were at once revived : his mind, never at ease,
became haunted with pictures of nought but attacks and conspiracies to
depose him ; nor were those fears relieved by the unlocked for defection
of his dependent, Esai bin Tarif, who took offence at some proceeding
on the part of his master, formed a coalition with " his former deadly
enemy, the ex-chief, and demanded from Shaikh Mahomed bin Khaleefa
the restoration of the vessels and possessions of his grand uncle, Shaikh
Abdoolla bin Ahmed."
Preparations were set on foot by either party for an immediate re
course to maritime hostilities, and a collision would no doubt have
ensued, had it not been for the opportune arrival of Commodore Lowe,
in the Elphinstone, who placed an interdict upon any engagement at
sea until the sanction of the Resident had been fully obtained. In due
course of time this permission was granted, and hostilities commenced.
An engagement took place on the mainland near Fowarit, between the
troops of Esai bin Tarif and those of Shaikh Mahomed bin Khaleefa,
the latter commanded by-the Shaikh in person, which ended fatally to
the A1 Ali side, who lost their chief, and were signally defeated.
Whatever prospects of success might have been hitherto held by Ab
doolla bin Ahmed must now have been effectually blasted, for not only
was he deprived of the services of a strong and powerful ally by ^ lP

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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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