"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٩‎٠‎٧] (١٧٨٢/١٠٦٢)

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not entirely approved and they requested that the Shaikh should be
withheld in future from entanglements on the mainland and advised to
rely exclusively on the naval protection of Britain.
At the beginning of 1875 lighting continued around Zubarah between
the Na^im of that place and the Bani Hajir; but the Shaikh of Bahrain
under British advice held himself aloof, so far as he could, from the
quarrel. A claim which he made to the sovereignty of all Qatar and
a protest by him against the restraints imposed on him by the British
Government are noticed in the history of Qatar. In August 1875.
having been informed that a crew of Bani Hajir had put to sea to com
mit piracies, he allowed five armed vessels under his brother Ahmad to
leave Bahrain and search for the pirates at a great distance beyond his
own territorial waters ; and by this act, which was regarded as virtually
one of aggression, he again incurred the disapprobation of the Govern
ment of India. In the autumn of 1877 it was stated that the Shaikh still
maintained very close relations with the Na'im of Zubarau, whom he
subsidised, permitted to visit Bahrain, and enlisted, to the number ul
100, in his bodyguard; that he allowed those in his service to return
to Zubarah whenever that place was threatened ; and that he had again
thrown reinforcements and supplies into Zubarah itself. Not all of these
allegations were substantiated, however, and Colonel Ross, in reporting
these matters, pointed out that, if the Shaikh were to offend the Na'im
bv withdrawing his favour from them, they would probably combine with
the Bani Hajir. The Government of Tiidia accordingly decided that the
question need not be pursued further.
During 1875 and 1876 peace and prosperity prevailed in Bahrain,
and only occasional visits were paid to the islands by British war vessels
and by the Assistant Ilesident in the Residency steamer. One or two
political murders, however, occurred.
The connection of Bahrain with Zubarah, ol which place the headman
and his son were on one occasion hospitably entertained by Shaikh J lsa-
uin-^Ali only a few days after an atrocious piracy committed by their
people on a passing boat, reacted unfavourably on the conduct of Bahrain
subjects at sea ; and more than one incident giving rise to complaint took
place. On the 2nd of September 1878 two Bahrain vessels carrying 50
armed men, which had been sent on a cruise round the islands, crossed
over to the Dhahran coast and, after a ^ray with some Bedouins there,
carried awav a boat. Again, on the 4th of September, a fleet of three
Bahrain craft, despatched by the Shaikh to patrol towards the Fasht-ad-
Dibal proceeded instead to Ras Kakan and fired on two vessels which
Subsequent
relations of
tlie Shaikh
of Bahrain
with Zubi-
.ab, 1876-77.
Lawless pro-
oeedings
at sea of
Bahrain
vessels, 1878.