مجموعة ٣٠/١١٤ "تقارير إجراءات السُفُن البريطانية." [و‎‎٥‎١‎٥] (١٢٠٣/١٠٢٩)

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alao to oollect for fodder a prolific weed which cowtra the
lal'ind. The weed is about 2 feet high and there are one or two
bare patches where it has recently been mown. Btonea are also
collected from the ialandf and in tho centre oi It is e small
brackiah pond devoid of life.
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AlJEOaas*
Mr. Barnett came off in the morning to report that
on 7th March he had given a letter to a visiting dhow asking
one of the passengers to post it in Sharjah# to v/hic.i place
the dhow was bound. The letter was addressed to Hussein,
Secretary to the Residency Agent, and Mr. Barnett had Just
heard from Isa’s brother that the letter had not been
delivered.
I investigated the matter ashore and discovered that
the dhow contained the Persian Director of Customs from
Bundar Abbas.
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muqMIjt ^ath Ms^gh.
We left Bu Musa at 0539 and anchored off Umm al
aiwain at 09S0.
Isa’s brother was given a passage in BD .TOdD bac:
to the Trucial Coast.
The dheikh came off to call) what en unattractive
man he is!
H© had little to say# which was fortunate# as he
was rather short of breath. However, he was able to sk f or
en ugh white paint to cover hie 60 foot ‘’barge”, and for
medical comforts.
The Sheikh was saluted on leaving and I landed
shortly afterwards to return his call.
One of the party to receive me was a former :heikh of
Ras al haimah, the present ruler’s elder brother. He was
quite friendly but took no part in the convursati n.
This man had Just returned from Sharjah whither
he had accompanied Hussein from Raa al Khaimah et the
conclusion of Hussein’s mission with the ultimatum.
(I subsequently heard from Hussein that the
fheikh of Has al Thaimah had asked his brother to go to
i.harjah to sound that Sheikh regarding any desire he might
have to own Turib. Apparently the Sheikh of Sharjah was
not told of the reference to himself which had been made
in the ultiiautum referx»ed to above# and Ras al 'haimih s
brother got little change out of the interview.
On the day under report# the brother had stopped
at Umra al Q&iwaln on his ^ay back to Ras al haimah).