"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٧‎٤‎٠] (١٧٨٢/٨٨٣)

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Resident, however, tlie aggressors were required to withdraw and to
return the arms seized ; and the Shaikh of Dihai undertook that in future
his subjects should not resort to Sir Bu Na'air without express permiseion
from the Shaikh of Sharjah. In September of the same year the
Shaikh of Dibai despatched an armed boat to the assistance of the
Shaikh of 'Ajman, who was then threatened with a land attack by the
Shaikhs of Sharjah and Umm-al-Qaiwain ; but on account of this lawless
proceeding he was condemned to pay a fine, and it was realised in the
following November at a visit of the Resident to the coast.
No maritime irregularity deserving of mention was committed after
this by the inhabitants of Trucial ' Oman ; but in 1893 a Shihhi Shaikh
of Khasab in Ruus-al-Jibal, having put to sea with an armed party,
attempted to enforce a claim upon the property of his deceased father-in-
law at Slia am. In consequence of this misdemeanour the Sultan of
'Oman, acting on British advice, summoned the Shaikh to Masqat,
where after much delay he appeared and was mulcted in the sum of Rs, 50,
Injinies to Cases in which it was necessary to demand redress on behalf of per-
persons un- . . , i
der British sons enjoying British protection were, similarly, few and insignificant.
protection. Jj, 1904, a Hindu having died at Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Saqar, who was
in charge of the town in the absence of his father Shaikh Zaid, extorted
$1°° ' n return for permission to dispose of the body according to Hindu
rites; but the money was afterwards refunded on a requisition by the
Resident. In November of the same year a Hindu was robbed on
Dalmah island, in the jurisdiction of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, of a
considerable sum in money and pearls; and again the unsatisfactory
attitude of the Shaikh necessitated a remonstrance by the British politi
cal authority.
^Tnecegsity Shaikh 'Abdul 'Aziz, on his accession not without violence
of renewal to ^e Shaikhship of 'Ajman, wrote to the British Resident at Bushehr
ments, 1900, s ^ ne( ^ ^ ie agreements of his predecessors with the British
Government and that he would abide by them; and the Resident in
u pl \ expressed approval of the Shaikh's resolution. The incident was of
a novel character and suggested that agreements by predecessors were
not legaided as binding by the Shaikhs of Trucial 'Oman, unless
(.onfiimed by themselves ; but an enquiry held by Colonel Kemball showed
that such was not the case, and the Government of India then laid
it down that the various engagements executed by individual Trueial
Shaikhs are necessarily binding on their successors. At the same time
the Government of India emphasized the desirability of taking means to
secuie that each chief should be clearly acquainted with the provisions of
the agreements by which he is bound.