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(4.)
Agreement entered into by Ali-bin-Khuleefa, Sheikh of Bahrein, 1868.
(Translation.)
f _ We, the undersigned, Ali-bin-Khalifeh and the inhabitants and subjects of Bahrein
in general, do hereby declare that Mahomed-bin-Khalifeh, having repeatedly committed
acts of piracy and other irregularities at sea, and having now, after his recent piratical
act, iied from Bahrein, has forfeited all claim to his title as Principal Sheikh and Chief
of Bahrein, and at the present moment there being no other sheikh, I, Ali-bin-Khalifeh,
received the resident's letter addressed to Mahomed-bin-Khalifeh, and have understood
the demands therein made, and I hereby agree and accept the conditions as follows :—
1. To make over to-morrow morning, the 19th Jemadi-ool-awul, 1285 (7th Septem
ber, 1868), to the high in rank, Captain Brown, commanding Her Majesty's ships
present, all the war buglas and buteels belonging to Mahomed-bin-Khalifeh and
myself.
2. To pay the resident the sum of 1 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of dollars in the manner specified
below:—-
25,000 dollars cash, payable on the spot on the 7th September, 1868.
75,000 dollars by three annual instalments of 25,000 dollars, each instalment being
payable on the 7 th September of each successive year until the total sum is paid up.
3. To consider Mahomed-bin-Khalifeh as permanently excluded from all participa
tion in the affairs of Bahrein and as having no claim to that territory, and in case of
his returning to Bahrein I promise to seize and make him over to the resident; but if I
do not act up to the stipulations now agreed I may be considered a pirate, as Mahomed-
bin-Khalifeh himself.
4. In view of preserving the peace at sea, and precluding the occurrence of further
disturbance, and in order to keep the resident informed of what happens, T promise to
appoint an agent on my part at Bushire.
Written on the 18th Jemadi-ool-awul, 1285 (6th September, 1868).
(5.)
Agreement signed hy the Chief of Bahrein, dated December 22, 1880.
(Translation.)
I, Isa-bin-Ali A1 Khalifa, Chief of Bahrein, hereby bind myself and successors in
the Government of Bahrein to the British Government to abstain from entering into
negotiations or making treaties of any sort with any State or Government other than
the British without the consent of the said British Government, and to refuse
permission to any other Government than the British to establish diplomatic or consular
agencies or coaling dep6ts in our territory, unless with the consent of the British
Government.
This engagement does not apply to or affect the customary friendly correspondence
with the local authorities of neigh bourinsf States on business of minor importance.
The above agreement is subject to the approval and acceptance of his Excellency
the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council.
(L.S.) Signature and seal of Isa-bin-Ali.
(L.S.) Signature and seal of Ahmad-bin-Ali.
sT Signed and sealed at Bahrein on the 22nd day of December, 1880, in my
presence.
E. C. BOSS, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The above agreement was accepted and ratified by Her Britannic Majesty s
Government in 1881.
E. C. Boss, Colonel,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
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