'Extracts from Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by J G Lorimer CIE, Indian Civil Service' [‎85r] (174/180)

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By the second treaty, s.gned in 1892, the Trucial Shaikhs bound themselves
not to enter into any agreement or correspondence with a power other ^ the
British Government; not to permit, without the assent of the British Government
the residence within their territories of the agent of any other government and
not to cede, se 1, mortgage or otherwise give for occupation any part of their
territories save to the British Government.
The exact international effect of these two agreements is a matter for publicists
to determine, but taken together they evidently create preferential and almost
exclusive relations between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs —
relations which might be held to imply the dependence of the Shaikhs on the
British Government in toicign affairs and a moral obligation on the part of the
British Government to protect the Shaikhs in so far aslhey may be endangered,
or disabled from defending themselves, in consequence of the treaties of 1853 and
That the existence ol some such position has been in a sense recognised
by the Government of the French Republic will be apparent on reference to the
historical volume or this Gazetteer.
Biitish subjects in Tiucial Oman are distributed as follows and include at
each place a proportion of women and children:—
Town.
Dhabi (Abu) ...
Dibai ...
Qaiwan (Umm-al-)
Khaimah (Ras-al-)
Sharjah ..
Totals ...
Hindus.
65
67
11
Nil
51
194
Muhammadans.
Nil
23
Nil
33
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If some Persians from the opposite coast and their concerns are left out of
account, Great Britain is still the only foreign country which possesses any moral
or material interests or subjects in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. : for the protection of these a
Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. is maintained at Sharjah Town. The
subjects in question are the Indians, Hindus and Khojahs, who are settled in the
larger ports.
One of the most compact and powertul tribes of Trucial 'Oman; their range YAS
is practically co-extensive with the territories of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, the (BANI)
basis of whose power they are. [pp. 1932-5]
The following is a tabular view of the composition of the tribe:—
Section.
Houses and distribution.
Falah (Al)
Falah
(Al Bu).
35 houses at Dhawaihir,
Kaiyih and Shidaq -al-Kalb
in Liwah.
About 10 houses at Abu Dhabi
| Town, and 5 at Kaiyih and
Shah in Liwah.
Falasah
(Al Bu).
440 houses in Trucial 'Oman,
viz., 400 in Dibai Town and
40 in Abu Dhabi Town; 120
house in Bahrain, viz., 100
at Hadd and the remainder
at Bisaitin, Umm-ash-Shajar.
Umm-ash-Shajairah, Halat-
as-Sulutah and Muharraq
Town; 10 at Dohar i n Qatar;
and 40 at Fanyah on Tarut
island in the Hasa Sanjaq.
Remarks.
This section own 2,000 date palms; they have no pearl
boats of their own, but some of them go to the
banks from Bandar Radaim on boats belonging to
other sections. One of their subdivisions is known
as the Al Sa'adun.
The Al Bu Falah are also known as the Al Nahyan;
they are the section to which the Shaikh of Abu
Dhabi personnaly belongs. One or two of those in
Liwah go to the pearl fisheries, but they own no
boats: the remainder of those in Liwah subsist by
their date palms which number about 4,000.
Singular is Falahi.
The Al Bu Falasah who live outside of Trucial 'Oman
are divided into the following sections:—Mijardah
(singular Majarudi), Rawashid (singular Rashidi)
and Yidaiwator Lidaiwat (singular Yidaiwi). These
are all Maliki Sunnis, like the rest of the tribe
elsewhere, and are engaged in the pearl fisheries and in
navigation. Singular is Falasi.