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Froa. • .’•oilti«al Agents Muoout, B.8. , Cro«»« M .
To Tfco ’•olitioal Reoidcut ia the Feroian Gulf # Bu^aire.
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Bated 84th (Reed 2bth) Octr. 1828.
Council of Hlnlstere fired 81 rounds at Fort oseupiod
hy Said Bin AhduXiah hut gun is too snail to nate nueh
inpresHion* They hare asked for •Croeus* to hoahaxd fort*
Request instrustiens as to what action X an to take and
reply X an te giro Ceuneil«**
Fren...8elitieal Resident in •wrsian Gulf, Bushire.
Foreign Dt,
Te Gert of India/ hew Delhi* Me 1060.
Repeated te: Seey. ef State fer India* he 1060.
Seey. ef State for Colonies* He 101.
Copy te Sir Denys Bray at Bushire.
Dated the 21th Ootr. 1188
Urgent
/ 1
Bd litleal Agent uuseat wires Me C«2 dated 84th instt.
Begins. "Council of Ministers fired x x
give Co unci l". ynds
x
Reference ah ere and ny innediately preceding tele gran.
Muscat GoYernnent are ahselately helpless hut are afraid te
do nothing. There is ne objection te •Crocus" shelling
fert in question te intlnldate robber who anong other erines
has looted a British dhow and it will have noral effect
preYlded Bslitleal Agent uses his discretion to see that actloa
is localised and he is certain no other consequences will
result.
Muscat/} GoYt. desire mm te show that rebels cannot
renain at Sur with inpunlty and so inpress the bu All but
they haYe only Bhoww their own futility and new fall back on we .
tola though it concerns Sur has
But question
its centre beyond range of ships guns and I see ne alternatlYC