"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٧‎٠‎٤] (١٧٨٢/٨٤٧)

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Policy of the
Indian
GoTernment.
Farther
Mtion of the
BritiHh
authorities,
1839-40.
advieability of the return of the latter to Najd; and, to eatisfy the
Shaikh's demands for Bntieh support, the Resident promised that, in
case compliance with the policy enjoined should involve him in hostili
ties, he should be supplied with such munitions of war as mi^ht be
uecessaiy and proper: this undertaking Captain Hennell offered to
confirm in writing on the expulsion of Sa'ad-bin-Mutlaq. Meanwhile
an appeal for help against Sa'ad-bin-Mutlaq had reached Captain
Hennell from the Shaikhs of Baraimi, to which that officer replied by
encouraging them to maintain their independence, by holding out hopes
that an Agent would be sent to reside with them, and by promising to
supply them with ammunition, if attacked because of Laving conformed
to his advice. The Resident's letter addressed to Sa'ad -bin-Mutlaq
contained a reference to these negotiations, and indicated that the Na'im
of Baraimi had been taken under British protection peading a settlement
between the British and Egyptian Governments.
The whole of Captain Hennell's proceedings were confirmed, and
his zeal and energy were highly applauded, by the Governor-General of
India; but the project of extending British projection to Baraimi,
indicated in the Resident's letter to Sa'ad-bin-Mu'laq, was negatived,
along with certain other of his proposals for more active measures
against the Egyptians and their supporters in Eastern Arabia. The
Government of India considered that the larger question of Egyptian
encroachments was one for the British Cabinet; and it is probable,
moreover, that the anxieties of the first war in Afghanistan bad by this
time begun to cramp their policy in other directions; but the Resident
was authorised to pursue, and, even to extend, the policy of distribut
ing ammunition, etc., for use against the Egvptians
The local results of Captain Hennell's visiu were not entirely
satisfactory ; for, though the Egyptian agent now took his departure
for Oqair, the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, in violation of the spirit of his
freshly-formed obligations and in the interest—as was supposed—of
Sa ad-bin-Mutlaq, proceeded in person against the "Na'im of Baraimi;
but the Na'im, though disappointed in this emergency of the help of
the Shaikh of Sbarjah, stood firm and even repulsed the attacks of
Khalifah-bin-Shakhbut with such vigour as to make him desirous of
peace for the sake of his Bedouin supporters. At this juncture the
Resident intervened and required the Shaikh to make such repara
tion as should be satisfactory to the Na'im within three months, on pain
of being considered an enemy to the British Government and of rendering
himself liable for the payment of a lump sum of $1,000 as compensation
to the Na im; and eventually Shaikh Khalifah was able to produce a letter