'File 19/191 III (C 56) Bahrain, Persian Claim To' [‎98v] (215/396)

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third party.
Summary, 1820-30.
26. During the first two years of this period the islands
acknowledged the supremacy of and, for a time, paid tribute
to Muscat. ' From 1822 to 1829 they were intermittently at
feud with Muscat. In 1829 a treaty was concluded by
which Muscat withdrew its claims to supremacy and to
tribute. The Persian claim was alluded to m 1822 and iodb
but not pressed.
V.—1830-40.
Bahrein and 1830-35.
27. In the course of 1830-31 the Sheikhs, His Majesty &
Government having refused to intervene in their favour,
and fearing a combination between the Amir and i\luscat,
formally submitted to the Wahabi Amir of the Arab mainland.
They agreed to acknowledge the Amir's supremacy and to
pay a tribute to him. He on his part undertook to protect
Lor. 1,856-7. Bahrein against external aggression. In 1833, however,
the Sheikh felt strong enough to repudiate Wahabi supremacy,
and he conducted a not unsuccessful offensive against the
Wahabis between 1833 and 1835.
Bahrein and
28. Sheikh Khalifah-hin-Salman, who had been joint
Lor. I, iii, ruler with his uncle Sheikh Abdulla since the death of
Table 9. gheikh Salman in 1825, died in 1834, and was succeeded
as joint ruler by his son Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifah.
Effective control continued to rest with Sheikh Abdullah.
Internal dissension in the ruling family became more
marked between 1834 and 1839, and the misgovernment
of the island continued to grow with unfortunate effects on
its prosperity. His Majesty's Government, although in 1834
they had to take forcible measures against the Sheikh to
secure reparation for an insult to their Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent
in Bahrein, were, however, content to abstain from any
interference in the internal affairs of Bahrein so long as the
Sheikhs discharged the obligations undertaken by their
Treaty of 1820.
Restrictive Line applied to Bahrein, 1836.
29. In 1835 the British Government renewed the
maritime truce which they had imposed in 1820 on the
Arab rulers of the Gulf in the interest of the suppression
of piracy. The Sheikh of Bahrein was not, however, included
in the renewed truce, partly apparently because he had
Lor. I, 860 behaved so well that this was thought unnecessary, partly
because he could be easily punished in the event of this
proving desirable, and partly lest in the event of his
inclusion he might claim British intervention if attacked by
Muscat. In March 1836 the Sheikh agreed, however, to the