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Internal Affairs.—The usual amount of potty tribal raiding, camel stealing
and occasional murders took place in various places near the coast but there were
no serious disturbances.
In July a long standing quarrel between the Shaikhs of Ajmnn and Sharjah
threatened to blaze out once more. The Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, who
at that time was touring the Trucial Coast, with the assistance of the Residency
Agent, succeeded in patching up a truce between the parties. Up to the end of
the year the truce had been maintained.
Immigration of Baluchis from Persian Baluchistan.—As a result of the dis­
turbed state of Persian Baluchistan during 1933 and the consequent severity of
the Persian military methods, numbers of Persian Baluchis tied to the Arabian
Coast. In April, for instance, a body of 100 men, women and children arrived
at Has al Kliaimah. The Shaikh turned them out of his territory and they
moved into Sharjah where they were allowed to settle.
Slave Traffic.—The traffic was non-existent.
4 slaves escaped from their owners and took refuge \yith the Residency
Agent. Their cases were referred to the Political Resident who issued them
with manumission certificates.
Anns Traffic.—No cases under this heading were reported.
T. C. FOWLE, Lieut.-Colonel,
Political Bcsidcnt in the Persian Gulf.

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