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protected boat harbour at Koweit for
dhows. As no pressing need for such
venience was found to exist, the matter w
not be further pursued for the present.
27. Sir Nicholas O’Conor has been re
quested to consider the expediency of inform
ing the Porte that, unless the Turkish force .
withdrawn from Bubiyan, His Majes } s ^ov
ernment will be constrained to suppoi > 10
Sheikh of Koweit in establishing a post on
the island (vide paragraph 16 of Memorandum
for April).
28. (Ficte paragraph 22 of Memorandum
for April.) B. I. M. S. “Investigator” has
completed the work of moving the buoys m
the Shatt-el-Arab to the deep water channel
across the bar, and the requisite particulars
connected therewith have been notified in the
Bombay Government Gazette for the guidance
of mariners.
29. Nejd.—lbn Sand and his father,
Abdur Rahman, have returned to Riadh.
It is reported that the Mushir of Baghdad, in
charge of the expedition to Nejd, was joined by
the Turkish troops despatched from Medina at
Jibb. The force then marched to Kassim ; and
the inhabitants having been conciliated, the
force entered Boreyda on the 2nd/15th,
and Aneyza on the 3rd/18th April without
incident. * The Turkish flag was raised at
Boreyda amidst general rejoicings and prayers
for the Sultan. Ibn Rashid was not connected
with the advance. Abdur Rahman has tele
graphed to the Palace, expressing his loyalty to
the Sultan, and has, while complaining bitterly
of the tyrannies of Ibn Rashid, against which
the inhabitants of Nejd have complained,
asked for the favours of the Caliph to be ex
tended to him as it is to all his servants. Ibn
Rashid, on the other hand, has been raiding
the tribes on the last border of Kassim, and is
reported to have controlled the desert robbers.
Otherwise he has apparently refrained from
interfering actively with affairs in Nejd since
his defeat by Ibn Saud (vide paragraph 29 of
Memorandum for April).
30. Bahrein.—(Vide paragraph 31 of
Memorandum for April.) In reply to a repre
sentation made _ by Sheikh Ali, received
through the Sheikh of Bahrein, requestino' a
reconsideration of the decision as to his
deportation from Bahrein, 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.
informed the latter that the former must first
surrender himself to a British man-of-war.
. li took iefu & e with Sheikh Ali-al-
Ikani ot Katar ; but not receiving a welcome
went on to the ISayim tribe, and is now stavin®*
with the latter in the interior of Katar. ' a
31. The Turkish Ambassador havino.
on the authority of the Commander of the
Troops at Baghdad, stated that, owing to the
recent events at Bahrein, Sheikh Esa had