'Bushire Residency File 14/163 I, Ajman affairs, 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921' [‎234r] (498/534)

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is In a vague way a sort of overlord of Ajman at first
objected to iibdur Rahnan*3 retum^and shortly after ray visit
to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. took up arms against him in January 1981
The Senior Jfaval Officer, captain Pearson O.M.d. it.If., whose
ship ti.M.G, "Triad - was not far off was asked to go and
watoh the interests of British subjects, and if possible
mediate. Captain Pearson made an arrangement which was
acceptable to the Shaikh of Shargah and Abdur italiman, but
the Shaikh of Ajman refused to go on board the "Triad* 1 last
January,when invited to do so, to state his case. This was
very discourteous on his part ©specially as the other parties
went off], and may be regarded as a third ofi'ence.
8. Some time later I learnt from a letter from Bin Saud
to the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain that Shaikh Humaid had
appealed to Bin Saud about his dispute with Abdur Kahman. I
may mention that before ray visit to Ajman I had already
instructed the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain to give Bin Saud
the facts of the case, and remind him that by of his
Treaty with iireat Britain he has agreed not to interfere in
matters on the xrucial ooast. Shaikh Humaid♦s action in
referring to ain Saud is highly obiBctionable.
fi. It was therefore with a view to dealing with these
cases that I visited Ajman on 9th May, On arrival I sent
the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent ashore to request the Shaikh to come off
and see me. Shaikh Humaid turned up at about 3.15, He
assumed a moat truoulant and defiant attitude, in fact during
my 17 years experience of these parts I have not yet corae
across a Uhaikh or Khan who adopted so insolent a deraeanour.
I found that a young man whom he had sent to Mejd with a
letter to Bin Saud had recently returned wltth a reply.
The young man had been received by the Amir and given a
sword, and both he and the Shaikh were Inordinately puffed
up in oonsequenoe. The Shaikh, after he had been in the
oabin a few minlites, called out for the young man who came
in