"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٧‎٥‎٤] (١٧٨٢/٨٩٧)

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Shaikh Raehid, while Shaikh Zaid—in some cases to the prejudice of
third parties who were not apparently consulted—obtained the following
as dependents: Sultan-bin-Muhammad, Shaikh of the Na'im of Baraimi"-
Muhammad-bin-Sulaiman^ Shaikh of Dariz in Dhahirah, Hamad -bin-
'Abdullah, headman of Fujairah in Shamailiyah; and the Shihuh tribe
of Ruus-al-Jibal. Jurisdiction over subjects of the Sultan of 'Oman
may have been claimed by Shaikh Zaid merely on behalf of that ruler
whose representative and plenipotentiary, in consequence of the strict
alliance existing- between them, he may have conceived himself to
be; but his invasion of the rights of the Shaikh of Sharjah by asserting-
influence over Fujairah is more difficult to justify; and, were it not for
the well-known apathy of Saqar-bin-Khalid, the continuance after this of
amicable relations between Abu Dhabi and Sharjah would be inexplicable.
Treacherous Tlie 8ettlement a triumph for the Shaikh of Umm-al Qaiwain as
Shaikh 0 f the confirmin ^ llis ri ^ ht to a voice in Bedouin politics j but it was impos-
Umm-al" sible that the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi should for long acquiesce in a
th^Shaikhof partition of P rivile g es hitherto exclusively his own with his youthful
Abu Dhabi competitor. Accordingly, about the end of November 190f". having
cue by the airanged with the Shaikhs of Dibai and Sharjah for their support, he
British Resi- began to collect and arm his adherents among the IVIanasir and the Rani
dflntj 1907 ...
Uajir tribes and to prepare for a fresh rupture with the Bani Qitab and
for an attack on I'alai or Palaj Al 'Ali, —a small but valuable oasis
belonging to the Shaikh of Umm-al-Qaiwain, from whose capital
it is distant about Iti miles inland. Ihe Shaikh of Umm -al-Qaiwain, on
his part, proceeded to set the defences of Falai in order and applied to the
British Resident for assistance in procuring two breech -loading guns to
be mounted on the fort,— a request which was of course declined. Major
Cox then addressed a forcible remonstrance to both Shaikhs, and a seeming
reconciliation took place; but, at the beginning of January 1907, Shaikh
Rashid, who had ventured to pay a friendly visit to Shaikh Zaid at his
camp in the interior, was, after being hospitably entertained for several
dajs, suddenly seized, thrown into chains, and called on to surrender
Balai upon pain of forfeiting his life. On receiving news of this affair
the Resident immediately despatched a letter from Bushehr by H.M.S.
" Proserpine" demanding of Shaikh Zaid that his prisoner should be
released ; and on the next day, the 17th of February, Major Cox himself
followed in the R.I.M.S. r ' Lawrence". On arrival at Sharjah it was
ascertained that the Shaikhs of Sharjah, Dibai and 'Ajman had joined
the Shaikh oi Abu Dhabi at a place 20 miles inland from Sharjah, where
they held Shaikh Rashid in confinement and were preparing for an