"الشيخ علي بن أحمد" [ظ‎‎٥‎٦] (٦٣٠/١١٢)

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lav; and customs of "the Hussulmans. Here is an example of vrhat
resulted of that. , '
A German merchant evinced contempt for one of my family's
princes,the Shaikh Ali,a son of my late brother Ahmad,and in
some rray one of my sons,married rrith my daughter. Then three
men of imr went in front of the Principality capital,for the
sake of that German merchant,and staid there many days,
threatening and preparing for battle rrith us.
3. Afterwards your Representatives asked me for delivering
my son,the Shaikh Hamad,to them,and I,for my respect to Britain^
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delivered him to them; then they arrested him and kept him
prisoner on board of one of the vessels.
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4. They seized upon the house of mine at which I had autho^
rized the Shaikh Ali to live ih, they possessed themselves of
all his personal properties,horses,thoroughbred camels,house
hold goods,utensils etc.; they carried all .that to Bushir©,
Kuweit and l.Iuscat, except a part which burned.
5. As Shaikh Ali had fled for fear,your Representatives
requested me to proclaim order to arrest him,and I did so,not
wi11ingly but by forc e.
6. On account of the quarrel which had happened between
the G-erman and the Ali's servants,your Representatives ordered
and gathered a fine,and I must have got scourged violently the
Shaikh Ali * s servants in presence of the Political Resident ofTjfe
Peysian^and the Political Assistant at Bahrein. Accordingly
that affair was a. settled one,when,at my amazement,happened
the event aforesaid.
7. "When Shaikh Ali surrendered,asking for indulgence from
the gracious Imperial Government,he was arrested and he is yet
a prisoner.
8. They threw down my flag mast,the signe of my rank.
9. After all that I wrote to your Representatives that
they state to the gracious Government the vexations I had suffe/^
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but no reply reached me from them.
Accordingly I try to move your pitj,and I request from you-
justice and equity that-you r'estore me in my previous quietness
and contentment, for it is the state that suit you as we 11 as u$ /
and thereby your reputation will be retrieved among the people
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