"14/169 الخلافات بين الشيخ راشد شيخ أم القيوين وأخيه ناصر بن أحمد، يونيو ١٩١٢ إلى ٢٢ يناير ١٩١٧" [و‎‎٦‎٧] (٤٤٧/١٤٢)

prooia of position of affair a oxi sting betvaen Shaijih
Hash id of U mm -a J. - Qn-.v a i n and his half brother
Nasir.
On tha death of 3haiiih Ahmad of Uir.rc-al-Qawain, he
was auooeadad by hia son Shaikh iiashid .vho # wishing to
itaap as muoh of hia father's property us possible, put
off handing ovar the share belonging to his iia^f brother,
llasir, on various pretexts, finally making use of tha
murder of one Muiiammad Sharif as an exouse to oxpel his
half brother and his family from Jnm-ai-wiawain whence
the latter went and too*, refuge at Shargau.
On 7th September 191^, the iiesidjnt to whom Maeir's
mother had appealed wrote to Shailth Eashid suggesting that
he should ta&e steps to maite suitable pi^ovision I or his
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brother and hia family, even if lie considered it undesir
able to allow them to return to Umm^ai-wa.vain.
immediately after the despatch oi tiiis letter a
capture of arms was made at Shargah in which i-iasir gave
great assistance to the iiesidency Agent to whom the local
ShaiKii had given no help# ■ ./hen the questioi; of rewards
to those who had rendered assistance in this capture .fas
brought up, it waa suggested, and tha suggestion accepted
by the Government of India, that the best means of re
warding Kasir would be by efxeoting a r^coiiGixiation
between him and his brother# Shaikh Hashid was therefor©
again addressed by the Resident who" informed him of the
role hia brother had played in connection with the capture
and suggested that it would be a graceful act on his part
to majie this an occasion for reconciliation with his bro~
ther. The Shaikh did not avail himself of the opening and-
after some correspondence of an unsatisfactory nature, the
Resident wrote to Shaikh Rashid saying that, if he waa un
willing to bring the case before the Muhammadan Court or
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to be fully reconciled to his brother, he (the Resident)
would not press the matter, but it was unjust that Haair