"الساحل العربي 14/194 عزل الشيخ صقر بن خالد وخلافة الشيخ سلطان بن صقر كشيخ للشارقة. ١٩٢٤." [و‎‎٨‎١] (٤١٨/١٦٦)

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bin /Mullah gathered in the houae of the arid. Yueuf at a tine
about 5 o' clock (.Arabic tiire)aPd a treaty was t^er ratified
betweer therr to prevent British interference with the Governrent
of Sharpah and the return of Shaikh Khalid bin Abrrad to his
former "nosit^or, oha^kh Sa^d bir -aktum kafi arreed to be party ir
this treaty on condition that the claims of ^uhanmad Jafar Lari
and A :t J .u1 ^ah Baqlr Lari against hii? should be abrop-ted,
T f urt>;or he? ^ to state that as a rule when 7/our a Rent
reached any of the Truclal p orts thay fir® two volleys for him
»r)d Debat las heer doln/? the bt- until now wborfekms then® and
caosei tnr.; the treaty should be concluded between the mrt 1 es
concerned; they fired three volleys for him as a respect and
honour to him 1 or his advice to the Government of Debai# He has
aiso ta a .le 1 tor of testimonies from Sharpah and Debai th* t
he has not done any interference with the affairs of the Government
of Sharpah whether for Khalld or for Sultan but this docurent
wblch x.e has prepared a>id has caused witnesses to sim it is a
worthless paper and those who have given their tostimonies in It
have been fearing your agent Isa.
At present there are thirty subiects at Sharcrph who want
their former rule- Sha 5 kh Khalid bin Ahmad fror> whom, during his
rule of 12 years, they have seen nothing but justice and equity
but they cannot express this lest your ap-ent #ill issue Shaikh
Sultan's orders that they should either be killed or burnt or
Ueir houses should be burnt or else their boats be thus destroyed
as similar orders were issued throurh the instrumentality of your
agent for the burning of the houses of Shaikh IChalid's servants
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and the boat ^f Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmad brother of Shaikh Khalid
Mn Ahmad. At any rata Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad has left Sharrah
and no one knows where he has gone to. If he comes to Bandar Abbas
or Bushire to seek British protection and the British Government
gvio
would do him the mercy of causing restoration to his rule
ho will be useful to you. T cannot but give you the guid^ce that
involves no difficulties. You may send a ma^-of-war to ta>e your
'''font Isa and his newphew Yusuf bin Abdullah to Hushire unde^ the
name