"الساحل العربي 14/194 عزل الشيخ صقر بن خالد وخلافة الشيخ سلطان بن صقر كشيخ للشارقة. ١٩٢٤." [و‎‎٤‎٦] (٤١٨/٩٦)

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ard r0l9a30'-l the uncle of Sultan bin Saoar anl. tv.97 also
releaaed ny clerV named Jasolrr. Afterwards your as:ent ^ent
for all the merchants of Sharp:ah and having threatened and
frightened then, told them that the Intention of Shalvh Thalld
was to rut them under the British Government and that it Tvas
advisable for them to maV© oonmon oause with Sha^'^h Sultan
bin Sanar. The merchants informed him. that Sultan was only
a hoy 17 years old and he was therefore unable to nana pro
the administration of affairs. Your arent then replied them
saylnr that outwardly the Government will be In the hands
of Sultan bin Saqar but that inwardly they will not fail
to five him the necessary assistance. The merchants then told
him that Abdur Rahman and Humaid were evil-doers how could
affairs remain quiet while they are in Sharrah, and on the
other hand Shaikh Khalid was a friend of the Government by
treaty. Your ajrent anpwered thetn sayln* that he >n©w how to
ret out of the difficulty. After this he wrote a document
and obtained their si^natur^ on it statin* that Sultan bin
Saqar has been anpointed as Chief. After havin* settled this
with the merchants your arent ordered that my servants' houses
should be burnt down as well as my brother's dinghy Abdullah
bin Ahmad; its value was Ra.COOO/-. At this .-juncture the
man-of-war ''Cyclamen T, arrived at ShareBh and I decided to pro
on board with the idea of teleprraphin* affairs to vou.
Your aprent ordered that I should/beei6red to prevent me p-ettinr
on board the man-of-war for the purpose of as^inr assistance
from the Government and to come to an agreement with the
Government for the assistance. For* this Sultan bin Saqar
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has Viai&*duw*d to nay to your a^ent the sum or ^s.45,000/-.
T then wrote a letter to your acrent Iga and stated
that whatever the Government wanted from me same would be
agreed to ^nd that an a^rrpe^ent ought to be arrived at when
the man-of-war was present at the anchorage but your a pent