"ملف 14/201 II، مسائل متنوعة خاصة بالساحل المتصالح، B 57" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٨] (٤١٧/٣٠٣)

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who cams to neet me here, says that he is going to ask for
a bigger allowanoo for the faoilitiea given hy hi®. Weightman.
whom .. have seen since then, ooni'inBB this, and we have agreed
Ui'on a plan of action. The country inland is interesting,
and the Shaikh pressed ice to stay and shoot with hira, but I
was obliged to stick to my programme and after giving him
lunch returasd vo the ship and proceeded to Um—al—Qaiwain#
Ihe Shaikh, Ahmad bin iiashid, a fat and taciturn man, caaae
off to see kiq , and I returned his call shortly afterwards#
He is of little importance from the political point of view,
and probably the best disposed towards us on this coast* It
is an unfortunate fact that people who are well disposed
are usually of little value from the political point of view.
5« On my return to the ship we moved down the coast to
Ajman where Shaikh Eashid bin -jtmsk came off very promptly.
W ooo ino. • He is as loquacious as Um - a 1- ^ai wai n is dumbs and
I enjoyed the visit I paid to him on shore despite some very
doubtful looking halwa to which one is frequently exposed on
this coast * He is one of the beet looking men I have seen,
and a very keen shikari, in fact he explained to me that he
postponed a hawking expedition especially on account oi mj
visit, which he evidently considered a very real eacriiice I
Both here and at Um-al -^aiwain and at Kalba the sea was calm.
iSach night w® moved out to the s3. x fatnom line ior safety, as
holding ground is poor all along this coast.
6. My next call was at Sharjah, where I spent two days.
•Shaikh .Sultan bin Saqar is not a man of great intelligence, aad
much given to intrigue but ha, or rather his Secretary, has
produced an idea which may be useful. He is anxious to dredge
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