مجموعة ٣٠/١١٤ "تقارير إجراءات السُفُن البريطانية." [و‎‎٣‎٧‎٢] (١٢٠٣/٧٤٣)

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Enclosure Ho. 6 in Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf's
Letter No. 70/587 dated 5th April 1936 (No. 9/587 to
Admiralty!.
Enclosure to DEPTFORD'S No. 6/A of 1st March 1936.
From..The Oommanding Officer, H.M.3. DEPTFORD, at
Elphinstone inlet.
Date..21st February 1936. No.55.
To....The Senior Officer, Persian Gulf, H.M.S. FOWEY.
The movements of H.M.Ship under my command are
hereby communicated as a result of the following signal
from the Hon. the Political Resident:-
'Residency .agent has reported to Political
Agent, Bahrain, the murder of an Indian, name
unknown, near Ras-al-Khaimah, by one Abdullah bin
Salem bin Malkash, a member of the Shihuh tribe
belonging to Muscat territory. Residency agent
has gone to Ras-al-Khaimah. Could H.M.S. DEPTFORD
arrange to nick him up on her tour of the North
Batineh coast with the object of making enquiries
at Baiah where the Shaikh of Shihuh is now residing
and if possible ascertain -
name and other details of murdered man,
whether he is a British Indian subject,
whereabouts of the murderer."
1. I left Ghubbat Ghazirah at 0600 on the 15th
and arrived at Ras-al-Khaimah at 1545 to find conditions
quite unsuitable for communication with shore, or
anchoring. I/therefore proceeded to sea for the night,
returning the next morning to find similar conditions
prevailing.
After telling the Residency Agent to wait at
Ras-al-Khaimah until my arrival on moderation of
weather, I went to Khassab for shelter.
2. On return to Ras-al-Khaimah the next day,
17th, I found conditions suitable, embarked Hussein, and
sailed for Dibbah. after oiling at Khassab to render
medical aid to BRITISH AMBASSADOR, I arrived at Dibbah
at 0800 on 18th.
3. The Shaikh of Dibbah was very prompt in
calling on me, and I returned his visit later in the
forenoon. As the murdered man had stayed with him, it
was possible to obtain from him as much of the required
information as was available.
4. However, in order to make the investigation as
full as possible, Hussein subsequently visited the
Shaikh of Shihuh who could not come off to the ship
owing to severe headache due to eye trouble. He was not
prepared to give any information, but merely stated that
he had heard that an Indian had been murdered, and would
not admit that Bin Malkash was the murderer.
5. It struck me that a high degree of mutual fear
and mistrust exists between these closely adjoining
villages the inhabitants of which, from their Shaikhs
downwards