"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٧‎٠‎٠] (١٧٨٢/٨٤٣)

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time, among the Shaikhs of Trucial 'Oman. Two vessels with rice
bound from Lingeh to Sharjah, attempted to make the' Ajman creek in a
storm ; one was wrecked at the entrance, but the other succeeded, with
the loss of a part of her cargo, in reaching the inner harbour. Here she
would certainly have been plundered but for the exertions of the Shaikh
'Abdul 'Aziz, and his brother, who, hastening to the beach and drawing
their swords, swore to cut down the first man who should tamper with
the \essel or her cargo. For his spirited conduct on this occasion the
Shaikh received through the Resident the special thanks and commenda-
tions of Government,
In 1849 and 1850 a number of claims relating to the seizure and
counter-seizure of slaves from boats at sea arose between tl.e people of
Abu I )habi and Dibai; but, with the assistance of the Resident, they were
all satisfactorily adjusted. In the autumn of 1850, however, a case of a
gravity now unusual occurred in the capture of a Hamriyah boat and
the murder of two of her crew by subjects of Abu Dhabi. The " Tigris,"
Lieutenant Manners, and the " Euphrates/' Lieutenant Tronson,' were
at once despatched to Abu Dhabi town and intimidated the Shaikh by
approaching within effective range of the shore,—an operation hitherto
unattempted at Abu Dhabi; and, perhaps in consequence of this manoeuvre,
they had no difficulty in obtaining satisfaction of the claim that they
brought, which was for ^600 as blood-money and the restoration of the
boat and property taken.
In th* spring Oi 18,j :l a piracy was committed in Zanzibar waters,
upon a Zanzibai craft, by a Baghlah of which the owner resided atRas-al-
Khaimah ; but the slowness of communication in those days between
ushehr and East Africa greatly protracted the case, and at the
time of the conclusion of the Perpetual Treaty of Peace in 1853 it was
still unsettled. The viasimi Shaikh at first sought to evade responsibil
ity on the plea that the entire crew of the pirate boat were natives
of Qasbiyat in Batinah, and therefore subjects of Masqat; but in the
end he seems to has^e agreed to pay whatever compensation might be
assessed. Likewise in the spring of 1852, a boat, belonging to Bani Yas
ders (»tabiished at Dohah in Qatar but carrying passengers for Dibai,
^a^ seized off Abu Dhabi town, and then and there appropriated with
a 1 that she contained. This affair being regarded not as a legiti
mate act of so\ ereignty over rebellious subjects but as an infraction
f the Maritime iruce, the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi was immediately
•ailed to account ; and, though he had in the beginning professed to
act under an authorisation by the Wahhabi Amir to coerce the dissident