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imcideats imaediately leading mp to tlie fightirng, *but to
deep seated ill-will. Tke two triDal disputants, tHe Qmawasim M
(Kal-ba) and the Sharaiyim (Fujaira) are he said hereditary *,
enemies hetweem whoa there has been aueh "bloodshed. Im the past
when the Sharqiyim were comparatively weak, they looked to
Muscat for succour- the Dihha-Pujaira alliance is perhaps a
relic of the time when the"Joasmis w were universally feared.
The position is now reversed. For some years the feud between I
the. two parties has lain dormant as a result of the marriage of i
the Shaikh of Fujaira to the daughter of the Shaikh of Kalba.
The past few months have brought back the old mutual suspicion
and distrust. The Fujaira Shaikh, H.H. told me,fancifully
nurses the grievance that it was the Kalba Shaikh whose
activities set in motion the measures which brought the wrath
of Government upon Fmjaira last year. H.H's settlement of the
surface quarrels- however equitable, and based on consent of ||
both parties- may not, he felt, entirely dispel this
atmosphere of mutual distrust.
I take the liberty of sending four photographs which
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I took at the time and may be of interest.
(1 ) Fmj air a. fort
(2) Kalba village
(3) The peace conference
(4) Trucial Coast Chiefs
The Hon r ble Lieut-Col F.B.Prideaux C.S.I.C.I.E
Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf.
Bushire.