'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎65] (230/524)

AROUND THE SHORE LINE OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . 65
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by Arabia, -than could all the reports, all the figured statements,
and all the amicable interviews of all the Residents and all the Native
authorities that ever had or may have place round these waters.
105. But the port must be really free, and all tribes and people
must know and feel it to be free ; and that once there, their goods and
persons are secure and unmolested. Let the authorities of the port
limit their functions to keeping the peace, removing obstacles, enforcing
valid contracts, and punishing mercantile crime. For the rest leave
all to private enterprise, and leave trade free as the tide to flow in and
out. I think that thus only can we practically test the commercial
capabilities of the Gulf: perhaps in no other manner can trade attain
its full and undeformed growth all round the globe.
106. The next class of territory to he noticed, is that of the inde
pendent Maritime Arabs. These tribes yield a tithe to the Ruler of
Nejd, whose capital, centred at Rias, near Daryah, has an advanced
Fort Beymer astride the North-eastern portion of Arabia, midway
between Ras-ul-khyma and the towns of Muscat. And as the Ameer
of Nejd is himself a tributary of Turkey, it follows that all the Arab
Maritime Chiefs are quasi sub-feudatories of the Sultan, although they
do not acknowledge his suzerainty, unless, as on one or two occasions
has been the case with Bahrein, it suits their convenience. Bahrein
once hoisted in succession Turkish, Persian, and English flags. It is
even added she has been known to hoist all three at once.
107. These Maritime tribes are located along the West coast of
the Gulf, from Ras-ul-khymah to
Bahrein, both inclusive. They may be
distinguished into Chiefdoms headed
along the so-called Pirate Coast, and
separated by a long reach of barren
shore and desert, from the most
Northerly Sheikhdom of the island of Bahrein, with its subject district
of Guttur on the main.
Ras-ul-kliyma.
Sliargah.
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Ejmaim.
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Abootliabee, properly Boozabee.
Joasmees.
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108. It is unnecessary to trace the
intricate and lengthened genealogies of
these tribes : suffice it to note that as at
present found they are named as per
margin.