"ملف ١/A/٣٧ I شيخ رأس الخيمة" [و‎‎٣‎٠] (٥٦٠/٦٤)

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No.562.
Dated 1st November 1953.
Prom The Residency Agent, Sharjhh.
To The Secretary to the Political Resident in
the Persian Gulf, Bushire.
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After Compliments, .j ... 1
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With reference to letter No,463 dated the 10th
October 1933 from Captain B.H.Gastrell His Britannic
Majesty's Political Agent,Bahrain, covering a letter
from the Hon'hie the Political Resident in the Persian j
Gulf addressed to Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, Ruler of Ras
al Khaimah.
I have the honour to inform you that on the 21st
October 1933 the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf
Division, arrived at Ras al ^haimah. 1 called on board
the ship and had an interview with him. The brother of
the Ruler of Ras al Khaimah named Shaikh Muhammad bin
Salem came up to see the Senior Naval Officer. After
they had met together the Senior Naval Officer asked
from Shaikh Muhammad as to the reason for the Ruler's
non-attendance on board the ship in person. Shaikh
Muhammad replied that his brother does not board war
ships. Then the Senior Naval Officer told him that he
had come to Ras al Khaimah to have a friendly interview
with the Ruler and that the latter should entertain no
fear whatsoever that anything would happen to him.
Shaikh Muhammad bin Salem left the ship in order
to pursuade his brother to call on board the warship.
Afterwards I went ashore and tried j;y best to persuade
the Shaikh but did not succeed as he did not agree to
visit the sloop. I therefore informed the Senior 1 aval
Officer and he came ashore in the afternoon and called
at my house. The Ruler of Ras al Khaimah and his brothei
came to interview the Senior Naval Officer there. The
Senior Naval Officer did net agree to meet the Ruler
and gave me the letter which had been sent through him.
I handed the letter to the Shaikh in his presence.
The Senior Naval Officer then enquired from the Shaikh
as to what is this fear which had taken hold of him
and that he would give him perfect assurance of safe
conduct saying that nothing would happen to him and he
may therefore call on board the warship and he would
certainly be allowed to come back ashore. The Shaikh
did not agree to do so and much ef effort was made to
persuade the Ruler but no result was achieved. The
Senior Naval Officer therefore left the Shaikh alone
and went back to the warship.
After the departure of the Senior Naval Officer
the Ruler gave me a letter addressed to the Hon'ble
the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,being a
reply to his letter which I submit herewith.
The Senior Naval Officer instructed me to make
en qhiries/