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Resident*8 flag, anchors off a port, the local Shaikh must
at once come off to the Ship. In practice the Shaikhs of
the Trucial Coast generally also pay the first visit to the
Commander of a Man-of-War.
10. Hext morning when we had reached Ghataifah, the
Shaikh sent me a message that if I sent him a letter of
safe-conduct, he would come on hoard. This I d-id, hut
he then changed his mind. I then sent my Secretary
ashore to see him, and to promise to remain on shore while
the Shaikh was visiting me. This was also of no avail,
and my Secretary reported that the Shaikh’s attitude was so
truculent and obstinate as to leave no hope of a change in
his demeanour, though he expressed his willingness to pay
a fine for the girl.
11. In my opinion to have given way at this stage of
the proceedings to the Shaikh over the matter of the visit
would have seriously undermined the Resident’s authority
over all the inhabitants of the Arab Trucial Coast.
So long as our interests have not bean directly affected,
we have allowed the Sharqiyin Shaikh to continue quietly
in his attitude of insbtbordination, though he has in fact
terrorized the people of Ghallah and Khor Fakkan, which
still are governed by a Wali (representative) and cousin of
the Chief of Shcrgah. Now he had in effect claimed that
the customs and regulations imposed by long usage on the
Trucial Chiefs and their subordinate officials do not apply
that
to him. It was obvious^His Majesty's Government could
not allow this claim to go unnoticed, as it would remove
from the control of the Resident a district containing
seven or eight villages on the Shamailiyeh Coast.
12. The "Cyclamen w reached Gharaifah first and
Commander Baker, after an interview with me, informed the
Senior Naval Officer of my views. Captain Leir then
telegraphed