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and guns of piratical places, under a promI«e that pearling and fishing
craft should be restored, and the release of Indian prisoners; but no
two of the agreements were precisely similar, and that signed at a late
gtage in the proceedings by an envoy of the Shaikhs of Bahrain bore
reference chiefly to commercial dealings between Bahrain subjects and
tie pirates of ' Oman. By Hasan-bin-Uahmah, now described as Shaikh
of Khatt and Falaiyah only, it was agreed that Ras-al-Khaimah, with
Maharah on the further side of the harbour, should remain in possession
of the British Government. In the case of the Shaikh of Sharjah
who had shown from the first a lively anxiety tc submit, and of the Shaikh
of Dibai who was but little to blame and for whom the ruler of Masqat
had interceded, an nndertaking W given that the British troops shonld
jot enter or lay waste their towns. 'Ajman and Umm-al-Qaiu am a*
well as Shariah were disposed of in the preliminary agreement made with
Shaikh Snltan-bin -Saqar. The dates o£ execution of those documents,
riving a rough clue to the progress of the negotiations, were as fo ow :
by the Shaikh of Sharjah, 6th January 1820 ; by the Shaikh of Khat
»d Falaiyah (Hasan -bin-Bahmah), 8th January; by the Shaikh ot
Dibai, 9th January ; by the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, 11th January ; an
by the Shaikhs of Bahrain (through an envoy), 5th Febrreu-y.
The General Treaty of Peace, suhsoribed in turn by eacdi of the Genem)
above chiefs after the obligations imposed on him by his pie nninaiy , oda j j
agreement had been fulfilled, and also by some , SI ; all ; ,IS '^
as below : by Hasan -bin-Bahmah of Khatt mid ^Uiyah, «
ot Kas-al -Khaimah, «d by <^b.Wnn-Abmm ^ ^ ^ ^
Ras -al -Khaimah on the 8th of January lb20 , b} , „ • v
Abu Thahi. at Bas-al-Khaimah on the 11th of Ja«nary ; by Husaimh.n-
■AUof Dhayah, at Bas-al-Kbaimah on the 15th of Ja.u.a ,
bi. release; by Zaid-bin-Sa.f, on behalf of his nephew the Shaik
Dibai, at Sharjah on the J8th of January; by ^"-^^'jara,
Sbarjah, at that place on Ihe 4tb of February ; ^ ^ on the 5th of
envoy on behalf of the Shaikhs of Bahrain, a ,. , .
Februaiy, and by the Shaikhs J
'Abdullah-bin-Ahmad, in Bahrain on h ; ^ R&shid o£ Umm-al-
by Rashid-bin-Hamaid A.man and^ AMu ^
Wwain.atFalaiyahcnthelothof March^ ^ ^
ture of this treaty it would appeal t v mlers—a status
Umm-al-Qaiwain were now considered to be in< epen ^ ^tiou they
not conceded to them in the preliminai} agieer i [ n the same
have reteinei to the present day ; but it may je o