"٣٣ ملف ٦٦٥ عداوات بين الشيخ زايد والشيخ جاسم" [ظ‎‎٣‎٠‎٩] (٨٤٥/٦٥٣)

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except that I went to Dafrah, the place of the Monasir tribe, the mischief
makers both by land and sea. But the country of Zaid is 9 days' journey
off. How does he get angry with one who goes to punish the offenders, and
expects me not to be so when he invades my country ? It is essentially neces
sary that I should rise and march against his country for the purpose of
wreaking vengeance upon him. Of course I am waiting for an opportunity, and
I am not off my guard. I pray for*equity and justice at your hands, for which
you are renowned.
Some days past I despatched two boats containing provisions and nothing
else. This is what was necessary for me to inform you about.
j> S. —I hold many letters from Zaid, bearing on the subject of the crimes
committed by the people of Dafrah, in which he disowned them and told me
that I could myself call them to account. I have those letters with ^me
now, and should you wish to see them, I shall forward them to you.
Precis of correspondence relating to a complaint made by Shaikh Zaid, that Shaikh Jasim
sent stores and munitions o£ war by sea to Al-Sila and the Bay of Kufariyah, during his
expedition against El.Jawa.
On the 13th January 1889, the Residency Agent at Shargah forwarded*
a letter to the Resident from Shaikh Zaid-
* Undercover 0.6. bin-Khalifa, Chief of Abu-Thabi, cam-
plaining that Shaikh Jasim-bin-Muhammad-bin-Thani of El-Bidaa had sent
armed men and stores by sea to Al-Sila, a place included in his (Shaikh
Zaid's) territories.
A copy of this letter was sentf to the Residency Agent at Bahrain for"
tOnder oo.er No. 74. d.t.a 2ist Feb™, investigation and report, and Shaikh Zaid
1889. was informed J that enquiries were being
t No. 73, dated 21st February 1889. made in the matteri
On the 7th Eebruary, the Residency Agent at Shargah forwarded§ a letter
, TT J v.. w 1C dated 23rd January from Shaikh Zaid,
§ ner cover is o. containing a further complaint that ShaikU
Jasim had sent 5 boats to the Bay of Kufariyah (a place within Shaikh Zaid's
territory), with armed men, munitions of war and stores for the use of his ex
pedition against Shaikh Zaid. In this letter the boats and their owners were
specified. The Residency Agent also forwarded, at the same time, the state
ment of one Thani-bin-Ataish (the brother of the owner of one of the boats
specified in Shaikh Zaid's letter), which is to the following effect, viz., that
he, under orders from Shaikh Jasim, conveyed a cargo of dates in his brother's
boat from Wakrah to the Bay of Kufariyah, in company with four other boats
laden with stores and spears. The man adds that the crews of those boats told
him that they had also gunpowder, lead, and muskets on board, and he corro
borates the report that Jasim had sent stores by sea to Al-Sila.
, No. em dated 16th Feb™,, im ^ r®? 1 ?' I S J ,a . ikl1 Za ; i(i was informed that
enquiries were being made on the subject.
In reply to the Resident's No. 74, dated 21st Eebruary, the Residency
U No. 36,dated 4tb March 1889. Agent at Bahrain wrotef thathe had heard
reports or Jxisim having sent men, muni
tions of war and stores by sea to Al-Sila. He had questioned two men of the
Al-Naim (who had been with Jasim in his expedition), who said that both in
going and returning Jasim's men took w r hat stores amd munitions of war they
required from boats at Al-Sila; 25 to 30 armed men of El-Bidaa being left as
guards in each boat. The Residency Agent also forwarded a confidential
** هذه التواريخ تقريبية Dated 26thDecember 1888. letter** which he had received from one
Ali-bm-Hassan-bin-Jamal of El-Bidaa, in
which the writer states that 5 boats laden with stores and munitions of war,
had gone from El-Bidaa to Al-Sila, and specifies the boats and their owners.
On receipt of the above, the Resident wroteff to Shaikh Jasim that he had
tt No. 103, dated 28th M^rch 1889. from various sources that he (Jasim)
had sent, during his recent hostilities