 Once again he requested permission in November 1874, but was told that the British government could not permit such a proceeding.He claimed to have recently received letters from Ottoman local officials claiming that Khawr al Udayd was under their protection.Shortly after the peninsula fell under Ottoman control, the British government reprimanded the Ottomans on numerous occasions for failing to prevent piratical acts from being carried out off Khawr Al Udayd's coast.