'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎156] (198/733)

VVA1IABEES.
Date.
a. d. 1839
Nov.
1840
O cnrences.
auxiliary of Khalid, and declares Nujd a possession of his
masters, and avows his intention of improving and extend-
mg his conquests.
Synd bin Mootlnk, formerly Naib or Deputy of Ameer
roorkey at Brymee, but removed by his son and successor
y ' J oins Egyptian commander, and is by him des
patched to Ras-ool-Khyraa, to persuade the chiefs on the
oast of Oman to acknowledge in reality the authority of
Mahomed Ah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , but ostensibly that of his tool Khalid.
ie oasmee Chief, at his instigation, summons the Beni
i aeem, who had lately got possession of Brymee, to sur-
re n^- t to J^Nujdees. They nobly refuse, and apply
0 Jlf ' lls aiKl Sohar Chiefs for aid to meet the common
f nClny : ' !C latter sen ds 200 men, under his brother Ghes
to reinforce the garrison of Brymee.
-The Resident, with a view to re-assure the Arab Tribes, and
check and counteract the increasing influence of the Eo-un.
tians, enters a solemn protest against the proceedings ^and
intrigues of Korshid Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , as being in direct opposition
to the assurances given by His Highness Mahomed Ali to
brifanmc Majesty's Government, and invites the several
l Ian time Chieftains of Oman to certify in writing their
determination to cultivate more sedulously their relations
with the British Government, to abide by its wishes and
instructions, and to resist to the last extremity all attempts
ol Korshid Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to subjugate them.
Pyud bm Mootluk, after repeated remonstrances, at length
quits Oman, and, emkarking atShargah, proceeds to Ajeer
On his way he lands on the island of Kenn, on the Persian
Coast, and forcibly carries off 400 sheep, and other pro-
perty. 1
Hie Shaikh of Kateef is informed that any expedition against
Oman or ti.e tenitories of the Iraaum would be opposed
by the British squadron in the Gulf.
Mahomed Effendi, an Egyptian Officer of rank, is murdered
by some Arabs in the s •' u. bs of Lahsa.
A Ghooncha arrives at Kateef from Hodeida, in the Red Sea
with ammunition and military stores, for the use of tile
Egyptian forces in Nujd.
Quarrels and dissensions arise among the Egyptian Agents