'14/196 Punishment of the Sheikh of Fujairah. Sheikh Hawad bin Abdullah Sharqiyin.' [‎192r] (399/530)

tLerewitti copy of* this letter and reply received fronn
Shaikh Sultan hin Salim, Shief of Has ul Khaimah, for
your information. He states that/ the murdered man was a
friend of Shaikh Said hin Hamad and that according to
Arabs rules he should receive out of regard for his dignity
one half of the blood-money as the murdered man was an
Amir on his behalf in the village of Daqta which is under
his jurisdiction. I beg to state that' the Shaikhs of
Kalba and Tujaira have not 1 acted up to the persuations made
by Captain Perry, S.H.O., in his, letters dated 12th
November 1927 and now each of them has his men under arms.
The Shaikh of Shargah intended to send one of his brothers
to Kalba and Fujairah but the road is closed by the men
of Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah, Chief of Fujairah. I state
for your information.
Letter dated 18th Zilhejjeh 1346 (7-6-28) from Shaikh ||
Hamad bin Abdullah, Chief of Fujairah, to the 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. ;
Agent, Shargah.
A.C.
I sent you a letter concerning Shaikh Said and received|||
a favourable answer from you. I informed you that he went ||1
up to Beni Amr and made an agreement %ith them and returned If
with a view to make a building. He is now building SMd
and neither abides by the Covernment correspondence and
orders nor by the letters of the Sultan Sayid Taimur.
You neither believe us nor trust in the letters of the
Oman Shaikhs. The said person alleges that all these
matters are agitated you otherwise had he been afraid of
you in such matters he would have obeyed the Covernment
orders. But as it is his wishes are elevated and the
Covernment orders are disrespected. I therefore request
you to detail somebody on your behalf as we are weakened
by you and the Covernment. You have made the enemies
powerful on us. We fear the Covernment orders but the
others do ncft . Rvery one from East to West fears the