"ملف رقم ٠٢٠٥ شؤون الشارقة (متضمنة بني قتب)" [و‎‎١‎٤] (١٠٤/٢٧)

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D.O.Noo C/767
Political rgency,
Prhrrin, the 14th Pry 1944.
Py derr Sir Geoffrey,
"plerse refer to the enclosure to Pushire ^
printed letter N0.41-P dcted Jrnurry 14th, 1946.
2. It v.ill interest you, I know, to leern thrt on my
rrrivrl rt ^hFrgrh on l^ondry the 8th of llry I found some
cttrective personalities hrd rrrived just-before me.
In the evening ^rikh Mohenamed bin Seer rl- Jrvrssim
who is rcting for his brother the ^rikh of phergah vhile
the letter is in Indir crlled to see me rt the Besidency
/gent's house. TT e v;ss rccomprnied by ^h? ikh ^rcr bin r ultrn
the paramount phrikh of the Nrim from phrnk, the Chrikh
Rrshid bin Hrmrd the principrl shrikh of the fl "u Phrmis from
Pcreimi, end lest but no merns least phrikh 1'ohe.mmcd bin /li
bin Huweidin the prremount phrikh of the poverful ^eni n iteb
tribe, fe hed rn interesting end extremely emusing discus-ion
on local politics end supplies. The four r hrikhs ^?ere in good
spirits md the conversation which lasted the best part of an
hour was most amicable.
c. To h^ve induced "ohammed bin rli bin Putt id in ^to visit
Charjah after an absence of ten years is rather an achievement
and due credit must be given to Than ^ahadur /bdur Rrazak for
the skill with which he has handled it situation which had
previously proved too much for the fhaikh of Charjah even
though tlofgentleman backed his invitation with the offer of a
gift of 83,000. /t the same time it must be remembered that
i£ is unlikely that the Residency /gent would have been
successful so quickly if we had not held the lives of all the
inhabitants of Trucial Oman in our hands. Te are the main
source of supply of their vital necessities.
The Hon’hle CT ir Geoffrey prior, T.C.I.L., /.Jot
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
^ushire.