7.   Abbas Effendi being a ‘State Prisoner’
The authorities were at the full liberty to re-impose their restrictions for reasons of security on the strength of the original warrant of exile, and to require any person, to whom the warrant was applicable to reside or go about his daily business within the town of Acre. This did not mean however arrest or incarceration or punishment. Such an administrative action did not call for a fresh warrant. The authority was inherent in the original warrant of banishment. The allegation that Sir Abbas Effendi was a state prisoner or captive until his release in 1808 has no historical foundation.

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