"وضع باسعيدو" [و‎‎٥] (٩٢/٩)

OnrrespondcnQG of 1819 to 18^.
8. When the Govommont of Bombay decided in 1819
that in the interests of the suppression of piracy
it would be advantageous to establish a central
station in the G-ulf and that the island of Kishm
was geographically the best situate-a lor this
purpose, the question of the status oi the island
at once came up for consideration. The
correspondence which passed between the Local
Grovernment, their officers in the Persian Gulf,
and the Teheran Legation, the relevant extracts
from which are contained in the memorandum
attached, makes it clear that the views of the
Government of Bombay as to the uncertainty of
the Persian title to Kishm were sincere and real,
and that when they finally so far deferred to
the claims of Persia as to arrange that the
British detachment should, be removed from Kishm,
they did so formally without prejudice to the
claims of the Imam of Muscat over that isl-^ncii
The loading document on the subject is the report
of 14th August 1821 by lir. Jukes, who was specially
sent from Bombay to investigate this, among other
aspects of the Kishm question, the Report, in view
of its importance, is given in full in paragraph 29
of the memorandum attached* Dr. Jukes, while
elaborating the arguments in support of the Muscat
claim and in particular emphasising the statement
made to him by the Confidential Secretary to the
then Imam of Muscat that "neither Kishm, Ormuz, nor
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