'File 0210 Fujairah affairs' [‎33r] (65/78)

British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Sharjah*
D.O.No.474.0210 Dated the 13th May,1948.,
Subject; Fujairah.
I enclose a copy of demi-official letter No. DB/
TS/747 dated the 3rd May, 1948, from ^ackson of Petroleum
Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. )Limited to me.
2. The information required by P.C.L. as far as it
is available here is as follows j-
The territory of Fujairah which is at present
in the de facto control of Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad ash-
Sharqi is composed of the following: Fujairah town and the
surrounding area, including the mountains and Wadis to the
west of it of which the most important are Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ham and
v Najdiyaynj the coastal strip extending from Kalba to Khor
Fakkan, including villages Ghuraifah, Mirbah and Gidfa; and
the coastal strip extending from Bidyah upto and including
Diba/Ghurfah and the steppe and mountains to the west of it.
Towards Has al Khaimah Fujairah territory extends to Habhab,
about two miles south of Khatt. The chief towns and
villages are:
Fujairah
Ghraifah
Diba/Ghurfah
Sambrair
Bidyah
Sikamk&m
Masafi
Si ji
(a) Neither the Sultan of Muscat nor the Regent of
Kalba collect^any zakat from the Shaikh of
Fujairah or from any of the people in the area
he claims to be under his control.
(b) He does not receive any fixed annual or periodical
payment from the Sultan of Muscat or the Regent
of Kalba.
(c) The Sultan of Muscat considers the Shaikh of
Fujairah to be his subject; but the latter does
not recognize this claim. The Regent of Kalba
does not claim suzerainty over any part of the
area which the Shaikh of Fujairah claims to be
under his control.
(d) Not as far as is known.
3. Much of Fujairah*s present territory used to be
under Jawasim control but the father of the present Shaikh of
Fujairah broke away from their control during the time of
Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr,Ruler of Sharjah, who died in 1914.
C.J.Felly,Esquire,O.B.E.,
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
Bahrain.
Yours
1/A /I
sincerely,