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TRtJCIAL COAST. 30.
30. TRTJCIAL COAST.
(a) (1) Trucial Shaikhs.
The following were the Ruling Shaikhs of
the various states on the Trucial Coast throughout
the year:-
1. Dubai Shaikh Said bin Maktura, O.B.E.
2. Sharjah Shaikh Sultan bin baqr al Qasimi.
3. Abu Dhabi Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan bin
Zayid.
4. Ajman Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid.

5. Umra al Qaiwain Shaikh Ahmad bin Rashid,
S, Has al Khaimah Shaikh Sultan bin Salim.
7. Kalba Shaikh Hamad bin Said (Minor)
Regent, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad.
(ii) On the 24th May Shaikh ITuhammad bin Hamad
ash-Sharqi of Fujairah married the daughter of the
Shaikh of Ajman and left for Fujairah on the 25th of
July.

(iii) The Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Said bin Uaktun,
O.B.E., visited the ‘Ain Khamir hot springs*in Persia.
He was away from Dubai from the 26th May to the 18th
June.
(iv) The Ruler of Has al Khaimah. Shaikh Sultan
bin Salim, came to Bahrain by air frcra Sharjah on the
12th June’and stayed with His Highness the Ruler of
Bahrain. He concluded an oil concession agreement
vrith Messrs. Petroleum Concessions Limited and returned
to Sharjah on the 22nd June.
(v) On the 18th June the Ruler of Ajman, Shaikh
Rashid bin HUraaid. accompanied by his elder son Ali,
paid a visit to His Highness the Sultan of Muscat,
returning to Ajman on the 7th July. They travelled
both ways by car.
(vi) Later in the year on the 25th September
the Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Said bin Maktum, O.B.E.,
went to Muscat by launch and stayed with His Highness
the Sultan. He returned to !Dubai on the 21st October.

(vii) The Shaikhs of Fujairah and Bakha also
paid visits to His Highness the Sultan of Muscat at
the latter's invitation.
(b) BRITISH INTERESTS.

(i) Ur. G.R. Shea was the Station Manager of
the British Overseas Airways Corporation, Sharjah, from the
1st January to the 8th May when he was relieved by
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