"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٧‎٣‎٢] (١٧٨٢/٨٧٥)

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During 1873 ov 1873 war was begun, or continued, between tlie
1872-78
Shaikhs of Sharjah and Umm-al-Qaiwain, the Shaikh of J A|man
eventually coming to the assistance of the former and the headman of
Hamriyah, a disloyal subject of Sbarjah, to that of the latter.
1873-74 In 1873 the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi joined the combination against
the Shaikh of Shar jah, who was generally unpopular on account of his
faithlessness, and made a raid by night upon Sharjah town. Eventually
the Shaikh of Sharjah was defeated with a loss of 50 men.
1874. In 1874 the Shaikh of Ras-al-Khaimah joined the Shaikh of Sharjah,
while the Shaikh of Dibai enrolled himself in the opposite faction and
the headman of H amriyah apparently withdrew from the affair. The
friendly offices of the British Residency Agent were exercised without,
avail to promote a reconciliation.
18/5. An expedition by land from Dibai ; 200 strong, now attacked the
environs of Ras-al-Khaimah ; killing 7 men, and returned home. Soon
afterwards, in February 1895, the headman of Hamriyah effected a
reconciliation between the Shaikhs of Sharjah and Umm-al-Qaiwain ;
but the war between Sharjah and Dibai continued ; and in May an
attack on Dibai town was made by the people of 'Ajman and Sharjah,
reinforced by Bedouins of the Na'rni tribe. About July a raid was made
on Hamriyah by 200 camel-riders from Abu Dhabi, who next, with the
assistance of a Dibai force, ravaged the gardens of Fasht and Sharjah.
At length in September peace was made between Sharjah and Dibai.
1876. Tn 1S76 the country appears to have been quiescent after the excep
tional disturbances of the previous year.
18/7-78, In July 1877 the 'Awamir Bedouins fell upon the town of Dibai,
killing two men and wounding 10 ; but they were repulsed with a loss to
themselves of 40 killed and eight captured : in October, assisted by the
Daru', they again plundered a Dibai settlement. Between August 1877
and February 1878 numerous raids were made by Bani Qitab Bedouins,
chiefly in Abu Dhabi territory ; but subjects of Sharjah and Dibai
were not exempt from molestation, and the Ghafalah apparently
countenanced the doings of the Bani Qitab. In February 1878 both
townsmen and nomads became weary of the strife and a general peace
was arranged. The town of Dibai had now become the principal port
on the coast and was larger than Abu Dhabi, which appeaml to be
declining.
At the close of 1879 the Na'im of the Baraimi neighbourhood were
divided amongst themselves, and the Shaikhs of Sharjah and ; Ajman
each espoused the cause of a different faction; the result was tension upon
1879.
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