"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٧‎٤‎٤] (١٧٨٢/٨٨٧)

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Intrigne of
the Goveriior
of the Per
sian Gulf
Ports with
the Shaikh of
Abu Dhabi,
1900-01.
Principle
affirmed of
the represen
tation of the
Trucial
Shaikhs
abroad by
the British
Government.
1901-03.
take action themselves against the Shaikh of Kas-al -Khaimah
proceeding which, as was reported by the Resident, might"
in the loss of the.r only vessel, the " PersepolisA second wamhw
was consequently sent to the Eas-al-Khaimah chief by HMS
"Melpomene"; but it was ascertained at her visit to the port that'
though Shaikh Muhammad was living there, no design of attaoW
Lingeh really existed. (The claims of Qawasim and others on account
of property destroyed or appropriated by the Persians in the Linmh
affair are dealt with in the history of the Persian Coast and Islands. I °
Early in 1900 it was discovered that a friendly correspondence was
in progress between the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi and the Darya-Baigi
the Persian Governor of the Gulf Ports ; the matter was brought to
the notice of the Residency Agent in Truoial 'Oman hv the Shaikhs of
Sharjah and Dibai, in whose minds the intrigue evidently excited
appreliension The object of the Darya Uaigi was probably to detach
Shaikh Zaid from the rest of the Trucial Shaikhs for the purpose of
preventing an Arab attack upon Lingeh, a contingency of which the Per
sian officials still lived in dread ; and the Abu Dhabi Shaikh, on his part
had probably no deeper motive than to obtain favourable consideration
' ms I by some o£ llis objects to property in Persia and good treat
ment tor his vessels upon the Persian Coast. Local rumour, however,
connected the affair with the efforts of Russia to obtain a foothold in
. and 1 " ^ case ^ impossible to ignore so flagrant a
violation by a Trucial Shaikh of his Exclusive Agreement with the
Rntish Government, When the negotiations were detected the
aikh had already sent two horses as a present to Lingeh, had differ
entiated himself from his neighbours by the adoption of a green fla-
in place of that prescribed by the Treaty of 1820, and had received a
sword of honour from the Shah of Persia along with a commendatory
T a J ' ,,! ;ailns 1116 '' 0 - Val 6ea1 ' whicl1 was publicly read in an assembly
"f A remo nstrance however sufficed ; the direct dealings
ot the Shaikh with Persian officials instantly ceased ; and the use of
e new ag was also, but not so immediately, discontinued.
February 1901 a Dibai boat, which, in returning from Sohar,
had been obliged by stress of weather to take shelter at Hanjam, was
seized tor technical reasons by the Persian Imperial Customs. The
n 1 i k s o euel ai cargo were soon released in virtue of representations
anH onn "Resident; but restoration of seven rifles
of AI car ^ ru ^s es found on board, the personal property of the Shaikh
abi, was only obtained in 1903 through the British Minister