'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎397] (439/733)

TJTTOOBEES. 397
slight attention, indeed employed somewhat threatening language, to
urge his observance of perfect neutrality.
The representations at the same time (January 1843) of the chief
a. d. 1843. men of his territories at Guttur, on the main
land, of their inability to defend themselves
against any attack by Mahomed bin Khaleefa, proved that that chief
had not abated in his preparations for hostilities, in which he was un
doubtedly secretly assisted by the Wahabee ruler, without whose
connivance or countenance he must certainly have abandoned them.
The small fort of Meezeer, in Guttur, fell into the hands of Mahomed
bin Khaleefa, who, sending his troops, had forestalled those of his oppo-
nents in its occupation. The latter, on their approach, finding that it
was already in his hands, retired, without attempting its recovery. A
communication was thus established with the colleagues of Kenn.
Several boats, also, coming over from that island, excited the fears of
Shaikh Abdoolla bin Ahmed, who for the second time conveyed a
request (February 1843) to the British authorities, similar in its
object to his previous one, having reference to the proceedings of Esai
bin Tarif and Busheer bin Rahmah ; but as, at the same time, reports
were received at Bahrein from Kenn by a Muskat boat (which, arriving
fiom the head quarters of his enemy, should scarcely have been deemed
worthy of credit by a discreet and wise chief), that these parties had
abandoned the objects they had in view, in the belief that the Wahabee
ruler had withdrawn his aid and countenance from the cause of the
younger in favour of the elder chief, the communication of these
reports to Bushire led to the supposition that the necessity for makino-
the request* had passed away, and that, consequently, it did not re^
quire A booklet formed of a single gathering of nested bifolia. a reply,
J 1 ". 5 re T"f " " "g'i" implied as requiring reply in the report made subsequently by the
British Agent of a nonvemfon winch passed between himself and Shaikh AMoolla bin Ahmed
and again conveyed m the Agent's report of the 23rd of the same month , and further implied
m the Shaikh's letter of the 2 0tb Mareh, when he was informed that there was no 0^^
than that given by the Assistant Resident when he met him
These references are here noticed, because the ex-chief pertinaciously but unfouudedlv
attubuted his misfortunes to his having been led to consider himself secure from attack hv the
coalesced forces, in consequence of a promise which he alleged to have been made bv the
Assistant Resident when that officer was deputed to Bahrein in November 1842 that host 1"
t0C0, " mMCe U ° ,,lhiSb - S had returned from
The following are extracts of a letter from the ex-chief of the 29th December 184S * ^
of Captain Hennell s reply of the 30th December, bearing upon this subiect • -« F <■'
when I told your man Hajee Jassim that it was my intention to launch my boats andTk'T'
initiative with the people of Guttur and Kenn, before they could attack me he fo h ^
( oing so, saying that the English would not permit this. This is known to all th ' 1 ^ v
of Bahrein and Bushire. and every one else. When your Assistant came to Bahrein, he 'ol*