'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎135] (177/733)

JO ASM EES.
135
Date.
A. D. 1832
Nov. Dec
Occun
1833
.1833-34
1835
He had before by letter disclaimed the exercise of any con
trol over the Shaikh of Amulgavine.
Shaikh Rashid, of Ejraan, on a naval force appearing before
his port, affords the required redress, on account of the
plunder of Muskat and other vessels (not including those
oi bohar, with which place he was at war).
A large fleet of Joasmee vessels, under the command of
Sultan bin Suggur in percson, come to Bushire, with a view
to assist Shaikh Nassir, the hereditary Governor of Bushire
who had been ejected by the Shiraz authorities, and had
instituted a blockade of the port. According to previous
agreement, the plunder of the place was to have been the
reward of a successful attack.
The Joasmees are prevented by the British authorities from
carrying out their intention.
A trifling act of piracy, but indicative of their disorderly and
plundering spirit, is committed by a Joasmee boat, whose
crew carries off from Corgoo some small portion of a tent
e onging to the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. establishment, who had
made that island the place of their sojourn during the plao-ue
A vessel of war is despatched after the boat, and coming up
with it at Mohumrah, demands and obtains the surrender
of the delinquents, and plundered property, and brings
tiem to Bushire, where, the object having been gained, they
are immediately released.
Sultan bin Suggur is defeated in his attack upon Aboothabee.
e returns with his fleet, accompanied by the boats of
liingah, Ejman, and Debaye, and blockades the place,
where parties of his dependents and allies cut off the
supp ies by land. Both sides, much distressed, and de-
prived of the benefits of the pearl fishery, are glad to con-
elude a peace, which is mediated by Syud bin Guzeeb, the
Shaikh of Lingah.
The influence of the Wahabees in favour of the Beniyas is
insufficient to prevent these proceedings on the part of the
Joasmees.
Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur proceeds with a large fleet to his
possessions on the Batinah Coast, ostensibly for the purpose
of assisting the authorities of Muskat in their civil broils
(agreeable to the desire of the Imaum, on his leaving for his