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It so happened that Bahram was well aware of Admiral Maitland and his mission: he was one of the few Bombay merchants who had been invited to a reception on his flagship, the Algerine, and he knew very well that the fleet under Maitland’s command was being sent to China only as a show of force.
Wie die Dinge lagen, wusste Bahram durchaus Bescheid über Admiral Maitland und seine Mission. Er war einer der wenigen Kaufleute in Bombay, die zu einem Empfang auf Maitlands Flaggschiff, der Algerine, eingeladen worden waren, und er wusste, dass die Flotte unter Maitlands Kommando nur als Machtdemonstration nach China geschickt wurde.
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