"14/101 I الساحل العربي. الخلاف بين حاكمي الشارقة ودبي حول شيخ الفجيرة" [ظ‎‎٦‎٤] (٥١٢/١٣٦)

but would-' not ndmit that it applied to Fujaireh itself, which
he said was excepted from the agreemen • I i. s -.s ed rhat the
writing must be held '0 ap^ely 0 himself ... < jj . illages
controlled by him,
(3) Questioned about the statemen whi h he hao. made to me
in Muscat as to the part taker- by oeyyict Fej-Sj;! in mciintain-
ing the garrison of Fujaireh Fort^ ohaifeh Hamad at first
alleged that this had been the custom from the time that Seyyi;
Mahomed bin Turki, brother of the oultan^ was Wali at Sohar,
in his father's time, but I was unable to obtain any definite
figures from him, and eventually elicited the fact that Seyyid
Feisal T s pecuniary assistance consisted of nothing more than a
present of cash and sundries on the occasion of Hamad's visits
Muscat, The 20 men who garrison Fujaireh Fort are from his
own tribe, the oharkiyeen,
(4) Asked what specific causes of complaint he had against
the chief of Shargah or his subjects, he stated that ;
(a) Last year some Lingah visitors to Fujaireh were looted
between Pujaireh and ohargah by Awamir and Beni Kattab '
tribesmen, subject to Shargah, He, Hamad, went himself
to Shaikh cuggar to obtain redress, but was told he col
obtain redress from them himself if he was so advised
anu would get no assistance from Shargah, He then app- ;
to Debai and Muscat, The former promised to remons-
trate with ohe offenders himself. Shaikh cuggar heart
incited
this and thereuponASome of the Muzariyeh to molest
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Fujaireh people and they shortly afterwards killed a
^harki tribesman and stole his camel and rifle. He ^
wrote to Debai and Muscat, and both rejoined on him- 0
retaliate. Since then the Muzariyeh have killed
oharki and looted 3 camels, but he, Hamad, has done
nothing in the way of retaliation,
(b) Shaikh iuggar has forcibly absorbed the Elayileh sectf'
of