"الملف 14/115 VII الملحق (B 9) أكسيد جزيرة أبو موسى: مواد خلفية حول هذه القضية" [و‎‎٣‎٥‎٢] (١٩٠٤/٧٣٠)

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regarding the connection of past and.
present Chiefs of Sharga with Abu
imma. Island act indicated "by the
Archl ven of the Bushire Ri sidenoy.
i t i
Mcbe than a century end & half ago the Chiefc
of the Jowaai® Clan of Arabs, at that tine paramount
in authority on what was known ae the "Pirate Coast"
of c or, with head quart ere at Has -el -fliaina and
Chargah crossed over to the Persian Coast with their
war craft and captured the port of Lingah and other
places on the Coast. There they raaained in occupa
tion for upwards of a century, on© of the Ruling
fojelly frees Has~el«Khoiaa t acting as Chief of the
branch of the tribe which roaained on the Persian
Coast j having its r.eat of govemrsett at LlngaJi, but
ror lining subject to the ovtrlordship of the Ruling
Chief of the headquarters of the tribe, then at Bas
el -Khaiiaa.
At that tiae as now practically all the islands
In the Gulf were perMenently or at certain seasons
tenanted by Arab tribes j raid several of thee includ
ing Abu I'usa by the Jowasits. In the pearling; season
the tribal fishing boats would have recourse to the
islands for w. ter or for refuge from stress of wea
ther; in the spring, after rain, the various Shaikhs
would send their horses and flocks for grazing and
in the winter parties of their subjects habitually
sojourned in the islands for fishing purposes,
firae went on and the rections of the Jowasira on the
Persian Coast after sose generations became as it
were permanent settlers there and quarrels began to
arise between parties of then and their Itinsrsen froj.