'Treaties and Undertakings etc in force between the British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain, 1820-1914' [‎27r] (53/146)

Treaties and Undertakings, etc., in force between the
British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain,
1820—1914
[ Note .—In the event of doubt hereafter arising as to the precise interpretation of any portion of the Engl'sh
Arabic text of one or other of the Treaty stipulations, the English text shall be considered decisive,]
No. 1.
TRANSLATION OE THE PUELIMINARY TREATY WITH THE
SHAIKHS OE BAHRAIN, 1820.
I n the name of G od, the meeciftjl, the compassionate !
Know all men there hath come into the presence of General Sir "William
Grant Keir the Saeed Ahdool Jalil, Vakeel on the part of the Shaikhs
Snleiman bin Ahmed and Abdnlla bin Ahmed, and there have passed between
the General and the said Abdool Jalil, on the part of the abovenamed, the
following stipulations:—
A rticle 1.
That the Shaikhs shall not permit from henceforth, in Bahrain or its
dependencies, the sale of any commodities which have been procured by means
of plunder and piracy, nor allow their people to sell anything of any kind
whatsoever to such persons as may be engaged in the practice of plunder; and
if any of their people shall act contrary hereto, it shall be equivalent to an act
of piracy on the part of such individuals.
A rticle 2.
That they shall deliver up all the Indian prisoners who may be in their
possession.
A rticle 3.
The Shaikhs Suleiman bin Ahmed and Abdulla bin Ahmed shall be
admitted to the terms of the general treaty with the friendly Arabs. End of
the articles.
Issued at Shargah in triplicate on Saturday, the twentieth of the month of
Rabe-ool-Thany, in the year of the Hegira one thousand two hundred and
thirty-five, corresponding to the fifth of Eebruary one thousand eight hundred
and twenty.
W. G. KEIR, Major-General.
The above articles accepted by me in quality of Vakeel of the Shaikh
named above.
(Sd.) SAEED ABDOOL BIN SAEED YAS AL TABATABAI.