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This caused some bitter feeling for some time but eventually Saiyid Haji Baba
was reported to have accepted the situation and left Lar for Bairam, leaving 20 of
his tofangchis in one of the principal forts at Lar.
419. At the end of April news was received that Saiyid Haji Baba, under in
structions from Saiyid Abdul Husain, was engaged in raising a force for another
attack on Lingah, and that the Khan of Bastak was preparing to opppose his ad
vance by defending the passes at Anwar and Feramerzan.
420. Khurshid Khan, the newly appointed Governor of Lar, (by Saiyid Abdul
Husain), with a view to inducing merchants to carry on their trade, has promised
to abolish all taxes formerly levied on caravans entering and leaving Lar, and fur
ther guarantees that their caravans will not be looted by Bahluis.
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421. A sambuk belonging to Hassan Sulaiman bin Abeid of Hasinah landed
m 80 rifles at Charak on or about the 4th
April. These rifles were brought from
Ajman ; 30 of them were sent by Shaikh Nasir of Um-el-Kowein to Shaikh Saleh
dluliarak for sale, while the remaining 50 rifles were consigned to people of Charak.
422. A boat belonging to Ali Jemaishi of Moghu landed 60 rifles near Bandar
Mualim (east of Lingah) on about the 5th April, which were sent from Shargah by
the following Evazi arms dealers
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Ali Haji , >
Khaja Amineh
Khaja Zainal
Khaja Yusuf bin Khaja Tahir
to Muhammad Amin bin Haji Abdullah Evazi for sale.
423. The same boat belonging to Ali Jemaishi proceeded to Moghu and landed
10 rifles consigned to Ahmed Khunji, servant of Shaikh Said bin Shaikh Maktum,
and 15 rifles consigned to Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Bidisheri, which were brought
from Debai by Haji Pashmi. ^
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424. A boat belonging to Haji Muhammad Khalfan of Moghu, Nakhoda Abdullah
bin Hassan, landed 15 rifles at Bandar Mualim on or about the 6th April, consigned
to Mullah Muhammad Amin Evazi.
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425. On the 11th April it was reported that there were many rifles at Shargah
and other Trucial ports which dealers intended to push across in small lots by
every boat leaving the Trucial Coast. (1,500 rifles carried in some 16 or 17 boats
were landed on the coast between Lingah and Charak between the 24th and 30th
April.)
426. It is reported that 280 rifles were landed at Charak on or about the 22nd
April by 3 dhows, Nakhodas Bu Halal, Abood and MuhammadfAhmed Hassan.
427. Another consignment of 80 rifles were landed at Bostaneh on or about the
22nd April by a boat belonging to Ali Ahmed Bu Roubi consigned to Evazis and
Janahis.
| 428. With reference to paragraph 315, three diving dresses, two machines, and
seven divers, from Ceylon, arrived by the
Foreign interests. Arab Steamship Company's SS. “ Bahrein ”
on the 21st April. It is stated that the promoters of this new enterprise intend
diving in deep water ofi Musandam, but they are first going to dive off Basidu and
Heniam All the machinery imported was subsequently transhipped to Ajman
to avoid the payment of Customs duty. It is reported that the Trucial Coast pearl
ers are combining to prevent the use of these diving machines.
4-90 His Mai estv’s Vice-Consul visited His Excellency Bear-Admiral, the
1 y Honourable Sir Alexander Bethell.K.C.M.G.,
Miscellaneous. Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Stations
on the Flagship, at noon on the 5th April, and was accorded the usual salute.