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1887-89.
play an Important part in the general history of Trucial 'Oman and Oasis, 1875.
became almost an annexe of the principality of Abu Dhabi. 1907.
At the beginning of 1875 a state of war existed between the Bani Yas 1975.
and the Na J im; and many distant, and in some cases murderous, raids
were executed, especially by the former, who were assisted by their
allies the Manasir and Bani Hajir Bedouins. In January 200 mounted
Manasir and Bani Hajir made an attack on the Na'aimitown of Dhank
in Dhahirah; and about the same time a similar force of Manasir and
Mazari ; made an unsuccessful expedition against Baraimi. The Bani
Qitab, finding themselves in danger from the Bedouin allies of Abu
Dhabi, applied for protection to the Shaikh of Dibai, who went out with
a force of camelry and stood guard over them until satisfactory assurances
had been received from Shaikh Zaid.
In May 1887 the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi went to war with some of
the Dhawahir of Baraimi who opposed the extension of his influence to
that place. The Sultan of ■'Oman, Saiyid Turki, sent assistance in
money and ammunition to the recalcitrant Dhawahir ; but the consign
ment arrived too late. Within a month of his departure Shaikh Zaid
returned home victorious, bringing two Shaikhs of the Dhawahir back
with him as prisoners. In April 1889 the Shaikh of 'Ajman went to
Baraimi and composed some disputes which had arisen there among the
Na^im.
In April 1891 the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi marched to Baraimi, where
he was joined by the Shaikh of Dibai with 30 horsemen and 300 camel-
men and apparently engaged in hostilities with the Dhawahir, for his
principal operation was the storm and capture of the village of Ain.
Peace was now established between Shaikh Zaid and the A1 Hu Kha-
raiban Na'im of Baraimi; and the Shaikh even took to wife a daughter
of the Na'aimi holder of the Baraimi forts. The Bani Qitab and the
Bani Ka'ab, formerly reckoned dependents of the Qawasinr, now
attached themselves to the interest of Abu Dhabi; and in June 1891 the
Shaikh, being then on a visit to Masqat, persuaded the Sultan to
restore some allowances which he had been accustomed to pay through
his Wali of Sohar to the Na'im and Bani Qitab tribes but hau
suspended.
"When by these and by other similar means he had established a
considerable degree of influence over Baraimi, Shaikh Zaic procee e
to adopt more open and unmistakable measures
1891.
1897-1907.
for the virtual
annexation of the Oasis. About 1897, or possibly earlier he appro
priated or reclaimed the estate of Jahali on the south -western oi ei 0
cultivated area ; and since then divers pieces of land an w 7 • i
channels in Baraimi or its environs have been purchased y „ onm ,fi v
and his sons especiallv by his eldest son, Khalifah, w o a.
founded a new settlement, Mas'udi, on the north -western edge of
the Oasis. , , , •
Tn 1904, a year in which Shaikh Zaid spent^ severa s gi
estate of Jahali, hostilities nearly arose from the pure a - „ .
Rhahfah of a share in an old disused intrusion
the Hinawi Bani
his
kh
at
of
Baraimi: for, on some of the co -owners a ~ fre u; s
Yas, Shaikh Zaid at first prepared to entorce ms
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