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Seyyid's to him, to induce him to surrender, as he wished, if
possible, to avoid the necessity of assaulting a place filled with
women. Burghash, seeing that the game was up, surrendered
himself to Commander Adams, who made him over to Sultan
Majid; and after a durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). , held the same day, he was delivered
up, together with forty of the most desperate of his followers,
to Commander Adams, who conveyed him to Muscat, whence
he was removed to Bombay.
The following is a copy of the despatch addressed hy
Colonel Rigby to Commander Adams, at the request of the
Sultan:—
<c Eritish Consulate, Zanzibar, October 20, 1859.
" gi r? —I am requested by his Highness the Sultan of Zan
zibar to convey to you, and the officers and men under your
command, his warmest thanks and acknowledgments for the
important services you have rendered him during the late
rebellion of his brother, Seyyid Burghash. His Highness is
fully sensible that it is chiefly owing to the prompt assistance
afforded him by the British seamen that this island and town
have been saved from anarchy and ruin, and the capture of his
brother, Seyyid Burghash, effected without bloodshed. The
conspicuous gallantry of several of the young officers of the
' Assaye,' who were present at the attack of the strong posi
tion occupied by the rebels, is talked of with admiration by all
classes; they remained for several hours under a heavy fire,
serving the guns and rockets, in advance of all his High-
ness's troops, and endeavoured to induce the Belooches and
Arabs to storm, and also assisted in carrying the wounded out
of fire.
" His Highness particularly desires me to express his sincere
thanks to Lieutenants Wood and Davis, who commanded the
detachments from the 'Assaye,' and also Lieutenant Carey,
who commanded the party to which Seyyid Burghash sur
rendered. ... i, • c
" I shall have great pleasure in bringing to the notice ot
Government the steady good conduct of your men during the
■whole period the ' Assaye' has been at this port, as also the
cheerfulness with which they undertook a long march into the
interior of the island, and by their discipline and good conduct
whilst employed on shore, have maintained the high character ot
the British name amongst all classes of people here."
The following is the resolution of the Bombay Government,
dated the 3rd of December, 1859, in acknowledgment ot
services rendered by Commander Adams and the ofhcers ant
men of the ' Assaye':— . „ .
« Eesolved—The Right Hon. the Governor in Council is or
opinion that the officers and men who were detached to renaer
assistance to Seyyid Majid, the Sultan of Zanzibar, agains