'Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853' [105r] (209/344)
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Part VI—Chap. XLII
189
CHAPTER XLII.
SULTAN BIN SAGGAR'S ENTERPRIZES*—1833—1838.
322. The most notable figure in the drama of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
affairs
Bomb.; sdcciiomi. No. xxiv. t ' iese times was Sultan bin Saggar.
We have seen how he was brought to
book in 1820, and made to sign the Treaty that year. His enterprises in the
direction of Khore Fakaun and Dibba in 1832 have been recounted (see para
graph 317 above). We find his enterprizes extending also to Bushireand other
parts on the Persian Coast and to the Mussendom Peninsula, where his
pretensions were based on less dubious grounds than at Dibba and Xhore
Fakaun.
323. In November 1832 a large fleet of Joasmi boats, containing
from one thousand to fifteen hundred of the tribe, under the command of
Sultan bin foaggar in person, appeared at the head of the Gulf, with a view to
affording assistance to Sheikh JWassir, the hereditary Governor of Bushire,
who having given umbrage to the Persian authorities had been ejected from the
town and had taken to his boats, and commenced a blockade of the port
according to a previous engagement with that person, by which, in addition to
certain other considerations, the plunder of the place was to be the reward of
a successful attack. Previous to their arrival, however, the blockade had
been raised, and it was evident, from late events, that Sheikh Nassir had no
longer any expectation of regaining his inheritance, but was now merely
intent upon inflicting injury upon the town and its inhabitants, which must
have involved the destruction of a large amount of British property. Under
these circumstances and moreover, the cause of humanity and the protection
of those connected with the British Government, calling for the exertion of
every endeavour to ward off so great a calamity as that of a band of infuriated
plunderers like the Joasmis being let loose in the midst of a peaceable and
mercantile community, the Resident, Mr. Blane, adopted the strongest
arguments with the Josami Chief,—indeed threatened to resort to actual
force, it he did not abstain from a measure which, as had been explained to
the
Vakil
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above alluded to, on his mentioning the subject, would be contrary
to the wishes of the British Government, The fleet accordingly withdrew.
. ,. ^ ne ve fy trifling case only of a piratical nature occurred in 1833,
indicative of the innate spirit of the Joasmis for plunder,—a spirit which
they found it difficult to restrain even where British property was concerned,
and the immediate infliction of punishment must certainly ensue.
One of their boats putting into Korgu for water, its crew seized and
carried off some portion of a tent, lining the building which had been erected
on that island for the accommodation of the Resident's establishment, during
the prevalence of the plague at Bushire and in its neighbourhood, notwith
standing that they were warned that the same was the property of the British
Government. Trifling as was the value of the articles taken, the more wanton
and insulting appeared the conduct of the plunderers, and the more urgent
the reason for its not being permitted to pass unnoticed. A vessel of war was
therefore despatched in quest of the boat, and to demand the surrender of the
delinquents. These were found at Mahommerah, and brought to Bushire,
together with the stolen property ; but the object having been gained, were
immediately freed, in consideration of the Sheikh of that port having begged
their forgiveness.
325. After his signal defeat at Khore Suffan (near Abuthabi), the
Joasmi Chief commenced making great preparations for the attack and
blockade of the Benyas capital, and having secured the support of the Sheikh
of Ling ah, and Bashid bin Hamid of Ej man, the combined fleets sailed from
Debayi on the 9th of November. The two Chiefs of Abuthabi had however
* Note. This chapter recounts the Sheikh's enterprises not in the neiphbourin? lands, but in outlying
territories, at those on the Batineh Coast,, near Cape Mussendom, or on the Persian Coast.
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A précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1801-1853 prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government of India Central Printing Office, Calcutta in 1906.
The précis is divided up into eight sections, as follows:
Part I: British Envoys to Persia and from Persia, 1801-1814.
Part II: British policy in regard to Maskat [Muscat] and the Maritime Arab tribes on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1801-1815.
Part III: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1801-1820.
Part IV: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and at Maskat, 1801-1813.
Part V: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab Tribes. Vigorous measures taken for the suppression of piracies and for security of peace in the Gulf. Persian Coast and Islands Affairs, 1818-1823.
Part VI: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab tribes, 1823-1853.
Part VII: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1823-1853.
Part VIII: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Maskat, 1823-1853.
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