The General will leave the boats which are for the pearl fishery and fishing boats, and the remainder of the vessels shall be at the disposal of the General. ARTICLE 2. Sultan bin Suggur shall give up all the Indian prisoners if any such are in his possession. ARTICLE 3. The General will not allow the troops to enter the towns to lay them waste. ARTICLE 4. After the execution of these engagements, Sultan bin Suggur shall be admitted to the same terms of peace as the remainder of the friendly (" or pacificated") Arabs. On these conditions there is a cessation of hostilities between the General and Sultan bin Suggur and his followers, with the exception that their boats are not to go to sea. Done at Ras-ool-Kheimah on the twentieth of Rabee-ul-Awul, in the year 1235, corresponding to the sixth of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty. L. S. (Sd.) W. GRANT KEIR, L. S. SULTAN BIN SUGGUR, with his own hand. Copy of the Articles entered into with Sultan bin Suggur. Witness my hand and seal. L. S. (Sd.) W. GRANT KEIR, Major General. TRANSLATION of the PRELIMINARY TREATY with HASSUN-BIN RAHMAH. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate! Know all men that Hassun bin Rahmah has been in the presence of General Sir William Grant Keir, and there have passed between them the following stipulations : ARTICLE 1. The town of Ras-ool-Kheimah and Maharra, and the towers which are in the date groves near the town, shall remain in the hands of the British Government. ARTICLE 2. If any of the vessels of Hassun bin Rahmah are in Shargah or Umm-oolkeiweyn or Imam, or any other of the places to which the General shall go with the force, they shall be surrendered to the General, and the General will leave those which are for the pearl fishery and fishing boats. ARTICLE 3. Hassun bin Rahmah shall give up all the Indian prisoners if any such are in his possession. ARTICLE 4. After the execution of these engagements, Hassun bin Rahmah shall be admitted to the terms of the general Treaty with the friendly (literally the pacificated) Arabs. End of the Articles. Issued at Ras-ool-Kheimah in the forenoon of Saturday, the twenty-second of the month of Rabe-ul-Awul, in the year of the Hegira one thousand two hundred and thirty-five, corresponding to the eighth of January 1820. Copy of the Articles between the General and Hossun bin Rahmah. Witness my hand and seal. L. S. (Sd.) W. GRANT Keir, Major General. TRANSLATION of the PRELIMINARY TREATY with the SHEIKH of DEBAY. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate! Know all men that Mahomed bin Haza bin Zaal, a minor, accompanied by Ahmed bin Futeiss, has been in the presence of General Sir William Grant Keir, and there have passed between them the following stipulations: ARTICLE 1. The people of Debay shall surrender to the General the vessels which are in Debay and its dependencies and the guns which are in the town and in the towers. The General will leave the boats which are for the pearl fishery and fishing boats. ARTICLE 2. The people of Debay shall give up all the Indian prisoners if any such are in their possession. ARTICLE 3. The General will not allow the troops to enter the town to lay it waste, and further, as a mark of consideration towards His Highness the Imam Saeed bin Sultan on the part of the General, he will not demolish the fort and towers. ARTICLE 4. After the execution of these engagements, Mahomed bin Haza bin Zaal and his followers shall be admitted to the same terms of peace as the remainder of the friendly (literally the "pacificated") Arabs. On these conditions there is a cessation of hostilities between the British and Mahomed bin Haza bin Zaal and his followers, with the exception that their boats are not to go to sea. Done at Ras-ool-Kheimah on the 23rd of the month of Rabe-ul-Awul, in the year 1235, corresponding to the 9th of January 1820. L. S. (Sd.) W. GRANT KEIR, Major General. Seal of Ahmed Witnessed by the signature of Sheikh Hamza bin Mahomed bin Zubu al Moyzzine, Sheikh of Kishme, with his own hand. Copy of the Articles between the General and Mahomed bin Haza bin Zaal. L. S. (Sd.) W. GRANT KEIR, Major General. TRANSLATION of the PRELIMINARY TREATY with SHEIKH SHAHBOUT, of ABOо Dhebbee. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate! Know all men that Sheikh Shahbout bin Dhyab al Talahij has been in the presence of General Sir William Grant Keir, and there have passed between them the following stipulations: ARTICLE 1. If in Aboo Dhebbee or any other of the places belonging to Sheikh Shahbout there are any of the vessels of the piratical powers which have been attached or may be hereafter attached by the General during the present war against the pirates, he shall deliver such vessels to the General. ARTICLE 2. Sheikh Shahbout shall be admitted to the terms of the general Treaty with the friendly Arabs. Done at Ras-ool-Kheimah on the twenty-fifth of the Rabee-ul-Awul, in the year one thousand two hundred and thirty-five, corresponding to the eleventh of January 1820. Copy of the Articles between the General and Sheikh Shahbout. Witness my hand and seal. L. S. (Sd.) W. GRANT Keir, Major General. TRANSLATION of the PRELIMINARY TREATY with HASSUN BIN ALI. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate! Know all men that Hassun bin Ali has been in the presence of General Sir William Grant Keir, and there have passed between them the following stipulations: ARTICLE 1. If any of the vessels of Hassun bin Ali are in Shargah, or Umm-ool-keiweyn or Imam, or Aboo Dhebbee, or any other of the places to which the General shall go with the force, such vessels shall be surrendered to the General, and the General will leave those which are for the pearl fishery and fishing boats. ARTICLE 2. Hassun bin Ali shall give up all the Indian prisoners if any such are in his possession, ARTICLE 3. After this Hassun bin Ali shall be admitted to the terms of the general Treaty with the friendly (literally the "pacificated") Arabs. End of the Articles. Issued at Ras-ool-Kheimah in the forenoon of Saturday, the twenty-ninth of the month of Rabe-ul-Awul, in the year one thousand two hundred and thirtyfive, corresponding to the 15th of January 1820. Copy of the Articles entered into between the General and Hassun bin Ali in the forenoon of Saturday, the twenty-ninth of Rabe-ul-Awul, in the year of Hegira one thousand two hundred and thirty-five, corresponding to the 15th of January 1820. TRANSLATION of the GENERAL TREATY with the ARAB TRIBES of the PERSIAN GULF. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate! Praise be to God, who hath ordained peace to be a blessing to his creatures. There is established a lasting peace between the British Government and the Arab tribes, who are parties to this contract, on the following conditions: ARTICLE 1. There shall be a cessation of plunder and piracy by land and sea on the part of the Arabs, who are parties to this contract, for ever. ARTICLE 2. If any individual of the people of the Arabs contracting shall attack any that pass by land or sea of any nation whatsoever, in the way of plunder and piracy and not of acknowledged war, he shall be accounted an enemy of all mankind and shall be held to have forfeited both life and goods. And acknowledged war is that which is proclaimed, avowed, and ordered by government against government; and the killing of men and taking of goods without proclamation, avowal, and the order of a government, is plunder and piracy. |