"ملف 14/266 II وضع الحمرية" [و‎‎١‎٢] (٤٠/٢٤)

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No, C/523-10/12
Political Agency,
Bahrain, the 5th July 1937.
Captain T. Hickinbotham, I.A.,
Political Agent, Bahrain
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The Honourable the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.
Subject:- Himriyah .
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I have the honour to state that during my recent
visit to the Trucial Coast I went into the question of
the status of the Shaikh of Himriyah,
2. Hirariyah is a fairly large town situated on the
Trucial Coast about half way between the towns of Ajman
and Umm al Qaiwain. The chief of Himriyah is Shaikh Hu-
maid bin Abdur Rahman and he is from the Al Bu Shamis
tribe. The town itself which is smaller than Ajman is
populated by a mixed collection who do not belong to any
particular tribe. As far as X have been able to ascertain
there is no hinterland of any appreciable size attached
to the town. The chief of Himriyah was at one time sub
ordinate to the Jawasim but was noted as being practically
independent of the Shaikh of Sharjah in the Handbook of
Arabia, Volume I 1917, page 336. He is now for all practi
cal purposes conqpletely independent of the Shaikh of Shar—
jah and is ranked by the local people as an independent
Shaikh. The Shaikh of Sharjah, to the best of my know-
ledge and belief, has not claimed suzerainty over the
Shaikh of Hirrrriyah.