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Pearling.—The catch was better than for several years past although
the price of pearls remained much the same. Some leading pearl deslek
liKe Muhammad Ali Zainal Heza and Monsieur Rosenthal visited nil...■
and made purchases. -L'mai
Relations with Ibn Saud .—No direct interference by Ibn Sand in Trn
; cial (^oast affairs was noticed during the year, although his agent for Baraimi
i is known to have visited some of the Tmcial Shaikhs. During the summer
the two sons of Saqar bin Zaid, late Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, vlo was k bed
on the 1st January 1928, paid a visit to Ibn Jaluwi, Amir of H M Kino-
au ^ Hasa and P reseDted him with 7 camels. On their return to
f ^ ave 0l1 ? J^wi was sending one Muhamm-id
bin Mansur, a negro holding an important position, to Baraimi to collect
taxes from the tribes of A 1 Bu Shamis, Daru, Awamer and the Manasir
who are on treaty terms with Ibn Sand, and to turn away from Abu Dhahi
the Manasir Fidawis (body guard) of Shaikh Shakhbut, ruler of Abu Dhah
who had had a hand in the murder of the late Ruler.
It may be remembered that in 1927, Shaikh Shakhbut and his brother
Hazza both sons of Sultan bin Zaid, a previous Shaikh of Abu Dhabi
attempted to occupy Dalmah island, supposedly at the instigation of Kin^
Ibn Saud, and only withdrew when Shaikh Sapar despatched a force
against them.
Speaking generally, however, King Ibn Saud has maintained a
correct attitude as far as the Sheikhs of Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. proper are con
cerned. The interior tribes he has undoubtedly tried to bring under con
trol, but the coastal communities he has left strictly alone.
Shargah. RulerShaikh Sultan bin Saqar-al-Qasimi.
P urm g the y^r the Ruler of Shargah, surrendered the village Dhaid to
Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, ex-Shaikh of Shargah in accordance with
mutual arrangement. This was an old bone of contention. And the
settlement was a most satisfactory one.
Hostilities again broke out between the Shaikhs of Fujairah and Kalba
on the Batmeh Coast during the summer, but at the close'of vear a peace
had been patched up through the intervention of the Ruler of Ras-al-
Jihaimah.
r of clemency the Government of India at the recommendations
ot the Folitical Resident, who was impressed with the improved conduct
and general balance of young Shaikh, on his visit, were pleased to reduce
by one year the term of banishment of Shaikh Abdur Rahman uncle of the
Ruler of Shargali. Shaikh Abdur Rahman will now return to his home in
June 1929.
Dibai.—Uuler Shaikh Saeed bin Maktum al Flashar.
The Shaikh proceeded to Mecca on a pilgrimage in April and returned
,in j une.
He has continuously been friendly during the year and as a mark of
appreciation, it has been proposed that his salute be increased from 3 to
5 guns.
i „ P u T rin ? „ tiie y ear the outstanding claim of the estate of a Persian Ghai-
“ for Rs. 90 000 against the Ruler of Dibai was compromised for
Rs. 34,000. The well-known Qawam of Shiraz, had interested himself on
behall of the deceased.
-»j Three Hindus, British Indian Subjects, had claims against one Arab
Nasir bin Rashid who m turn claimed Rs. 1,50,000, from a Hindu by name
Damodardas Lalchand, It was considered impolitic that the Political
Resident should force Arabs to pay up the claims of British
subjects without making the British subjects pay the Arab
daims Difficulty arose when Damodardas Lalchand disregarded
. Folitical Resident s orders. The case w r as however eventually compro-
mised between the parties but it emphasised strongly the necessity for
defining clearly, the Political Resident’s jurisdiction in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .