'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎192] (234/733)

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Majesty's Ministers, who subsequently replied that it wa S determine
to take no further steps in the affair. "ernuned
A tribute which His Highness the Tmt^im in - i i * r
„ ne.s me Imaum laid claim to from Bussora
a. d . 1825. having been withheld for several years, and no
Highness inforuted Z HU
intention to b.ocUade the river, in order to e^
arrears due. The Resident having offered his mediation to endeavour
to the"'? v rr' 6 ' " WaS aCCe P ted ' and a communication was made
to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bagdad, in March IfW , ,
exert his influenee with the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to settle the^fflT^ll t ,!:
Bombay Government, however, direeted that our interference should
be confined solely to producing a disposition to an amir-nhl. '
ment, and that in the event of the blockade being established Brit- S h
^htps were to be subjected to its operation equally with others. Capta n
Taylor hav.ng tutimated the failure of his attempt to induce the PaZ
o Bagdad to make concessions, the fmaum was'informed t^! h^ wa:
at 1 beny to carry on whatever measures he thought proper Hil
Highness, however, in consequence of the threats of Mahomed A1
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. abandoned the idea of an expedition for that time.
In May 1825, the British Resident having received orders to tal e
easmes to remove the jealous feelings which had been excited in the
mind 0 the Imaum, owing to our interference in behalf ofthe Beni Boo
li J1 Ibe, proceeded in person to Muskat, ostensibly with the view of
em eavounng to bring the discussion between His Highness and Shaikh
.r h T ssar ' ,oaMa * ,he ~ of b --—> -
nation The presence at Muskat of Mahomed bin Ali the Chief of tl
Ben, Boo A i Tribe, afforded Colonel Staunus an opptmn ty of n Ld^
r 11 ' r d ia the vari " us
Beni Boo Ui Tribe ""f PreSen ' anCl fU,Ure COnditi ™ of
. ' eede<1 ' a PP areilll y. in satisfying His Highness
that our interference in their behalf was prompted solely by the humane
n " 1VC . 0 le * lr, g tllera lr om the distresses of the situation which our
T Tl 'I' 88 aSa " 1St " lem had been mainly instrumental in producing
In the latter end cf 1825 His Highness visited the Gulf of Persia, 4h
fleet, and having proffered his mediation to arrange the differences
between the Chiefs of Ras-ool-Khyma and Aboothabce (Shaikh Sultan
in uggur and Shaikh Tahnoon bin Shakboot), his offer was accepted
and an amicable arrangement was finally made, in which, however, no'
so lo^ aTub t"^ made 0f,i,e ,0WerS w Wch had been
IL, / , , Je of dls P n,e i an omission which leads to the conclusion
to ^rrr ^'T reportof Gooiab ' iheBri,ish A s em atM " ska, .
,he deIa >' m carrying into effect the part of the former