Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎505v] (1015/1028)

Isa bin Saleh negotiated a treaty with the Shaikh of Debai at the begin
ning of the year, binding the latter (and allied Trucial Shaikhs?) to aid
him if Ibn Sa’ud became aggressive.
Relations with Muscat .—Saiyid Hamad bin Faisal, brother of the
Sultan, Wali of Sohar, visited Trucial ’Oman with the exception of Abu
Dhabi, in November and December to discuss and dispose of outstanding
questions, e.g., the kidnapping of Muscat subjects by the Bani Kaab and
Sharqivin tribesmen, who are technically under the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. Shaikhs.
He suggested to the Shaikh of Debai that he should post an agent in Debai
to look after the affairs of divers from the Batinah district, but the Shaikh
did not agree.
Shargah .—On the 11th June the Senior Naval Officer went to Ras-ul-
Khaimah to communicate the Government of India’s orders in connection
with the attempt to'murder 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 in the preceding autumn.
The Shaikh of Ras-ul-Khaimah, however, refused to surrender Abdur
Rahman for fear of the consequences to himself, and the Shaikh of Debai
was then summoned to assist in the discussion, and finally Abdur Rahman
surrendered himself on board H. M. S. “Triad” uncondRionally, and was
sent to Aden. The orders of the Government of India were that Abdur
Rahman, Headman of Hairah, should be banished to Aden for four years
and maintained there by the Shaikh of Shargah, and that the latter should
also pay Rs. 3,000 to the Government of India as a fine, and 800 Maria
Theresa dollars to the family of Ibrahim bin Rajab, the murdered man,
as blood money. These orders were duly obeyed by the Shaikh.
Ever since the bombardment of Fujairah fort in 1925 there has been
trouble between the Headman of that place and the Headman of Kalba, the
former accusing the latter of having instigated the British authorities to
bombard his fort. 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 tried to get one Qazi after another
to mediate, as both parties were nominally subject to the Shaikh of Shargah,
but without success. Finally the Headman of Kallah appealed to the Wali
of Sohar in Muscat. The Sutlan, who shortly afterwards toured on the
Shumailiyah Coast, volunteered to arbitrate, and the Shaikhs of Ras-ul-
Rhaimah and Umm-ul-Qaiwain were called in to the discussions. Finally
a deed of settlement was signed on the basis of bygones being bygones, and
of no annoyances to take place from either side in future. In spite of this,
some three months later, Fujairah reverted to its harassment of Kalbah,
whereupon the Headman of Kalbah appealed to the Shaikh of Shargah to
send him help, but the Shaikh does not know how to send reinforcements
by land, as the Shaikhs of the interior, through which his men must march,
are friendly to the Sharqiyin of Fujairah: to do so by sea would be against
the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Treaty.
Debai .—All has been quiet in Debai during the year. The Shaikh
has been very helpful generally in dealing with the attempt on the life of
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.
Abu Dhabi. On the 4th of August Shaikh Sultan bin Zaid invited
his brother Saqar to supper. The latter on arrival shot the Shaikh dead.
The reason given for the murder is that the Shaikh from the time of his
accession paid no subsistence allowance to his brothers or sisters. Saqar
also tried to murder the Shaikh’s sons, but they escaped and took refuge
with the JNaimi (A1 bu Shamis) Shaikh of Baraimi. .Saqar bin Zaid was
accepted as Shaikh and recognized as such by Government. The sons of
the murdered Shaikh left Baraimi later and visited Debai and Shargah,
and later Bahrain, no doubt with the idea of obtaining assistance to oust
their uncle. The latter, however, arrested their maternal uncle, Shaikh
Hamad bin Butti, Chief of the Qubiat tribe, and accused him of instigat
ing them to cause trouble.
Ras-ul-Khaimah. The attitude of the Shaikh was not good durino*
the investigation following the attack on the Residencv Agent and he has
been warned to mend his ways and cease intriguing.
Umm-ul-Qaiwain. ) at i •
Ajman j —Nothing to report.