IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 4-12

Keir reports that, in the wake of the submission of the Sheikh of Ra's al-Khaymah, he has signed a preliminary General Treaty with some of the rulers of the Arab coast, as well as Preliminary Treaties with the individual rulers, to accommodate specific matters. Keir also writes of negotiations between the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘id bin Sulṭān, and the Prince of Persia's designs on Bahrain. Keir writes that the Imam of Muscat has enquired of him on what the British Government's response would be to him attacking Bahrain.

There are a number of enclosures with the letter:

1. Translation of the General Treaty with the Arabs of the Persian Gulf (folios 6-9). Article 1 of the treaty states that there shall be a cessation of plunder and piracy both at sea and on land on the part of the Arab tribes. A list of the treaty's signatories and dates of signing follow the articles of the treaty. Note that some of these dates are later than the covering correspondence;

2. Translation of the Preliminary Treaty with Sheikh Shokbout ben Dhyob [Shakbut bin Dhiyab] of Abou Dhabyee [Abu Dhabi] (f 9-9v);

3. Translation of the Preliminary Treaty with Sultan ben Sugger (folios 9v-10);

4. Translation of the Preliminary Treaty with the Sheikh of Dubey [Dubai] (folios 10-10v);

5. Translation of the Preliminary Treaty with Hassem ben Ali (folios 10v-11);

6. Translation of a Feermann [Firman] from his Royal Highness the Prince of Sheraz to General Sir William Keir, received at Ras ul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] 9 January 1820 (folios 11-12);

7. Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Officer in Charge of the Residency at Bushire (folio 12)