"الملف 14/115 VII الملحق (B 9) أكسيد جزيرة أبو موسى: مواد خلفية حول هذه القضية" [و‎‎٣‎٥‎٠] (١٩٠٤/٧٢٦)

other articles , He also proaised to assign to shaikh
Sail* the revenue of the island of Sir Ahu Nuair
which contained some salt deposits and was expected
to bring in about 200 dollars more « A document in
the above sense was drawn up at a meeting at Ajman
and there ratified • When reporting the conclusion of
this agreement the Residency Agent mentioned that Shaild
Salim was at present going on a visit to Rae -al-Khaim^.
and that his family would spend the hotweather there
and the winter on Abu Muaa . Things went on smoothly
after this for a time but the two Shaikhs eventually
got at loggerheads again and in April 1889 our Agent
reported that Salim had endeavoured to raise an attack I
on Shargah . On getting wind of his uncle's intentions
Shaikh Sagar , as usu^al , asked the advice of the Bri j
-tish Agent and the latter soon succeeded in bringing
about a friendly meeting between the two resulting in
the framing of a third agreement in superceseion of
the preceding ones ♦ This was to the following effect j 'i
Shaikh Sagar bound himself to pay his now aged uncle |
the 400 dollar pension regularly and to permit him to
return to the mainland of Oman and to live where he
pleased within certain limits , He also offered to j
take Shaikh Salim into his sevic© as Vazier or chief I
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adviser and to consult him in all matters affecting thj
the interests of the state • Shaikh Salim in turn
T
undetcok to serve Ms nephew in obedience and loyalty .
No mention was made of Sir Abu Huair in this agree,
-merit because it had hitherto disappointed previous es
--pectati'owtf anti had not brought in anything ,
The above has held- good and no further documentary
agreement has since been necessary • On the conclusion
of it Shaikh Salim came to live in Shargah as his ne-
-phew's adviser and for some years past the two have be
been the best of friends t so much so thatwhen Shaikh
Sagar leaves his headquarters,which he not infrequmntlj
does,he always leaves his uncle to officiate in the
g£)yemi ant, . of ShargaL, a? he. 241:: , instance, on