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the Shaikhs realised, in spite of claims bycertain Iranians resident on the
I racial Coast that the move was due to pressure from the Iranian Govern­
ment, that it was sound that Ilis Majesty’s Government should base their
fleet in the area where British interests were predominant.
• ^Foreign ships of war.—The French Sloop “Bougainville”,
flying the Flag of Centre-Aim ral Rivet, Commandcr-in-Chief, Levant
Station, visited Ras al Khaim ah on the 11th February. The Shaikh did not
go on board, but met the Contrc-Amiral and his party on the beach and took
them to his fort. After coffee and a visit to the suq, the Contre-Amiral
returned to his Ship.
8. Shipping.—During 1035 sixtynine British steamers and five German
steamers called at Dubai and Sharjah.
9. Medical.—Towards the end of the year the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah
veported an outbreak of smallpox in epidemic form and from subsequent
reports it appeared that the epidemic had spread to Tlamriyah, ’Ajman,
Sharjah and Dubai. A vaccinator was sent to the Trucial Coast from
Bahrain with supplies of vaccine obtained bv air from Karachi and Basrah,
and vaccinated a number of people in all the infected towns. In Dubai a
large number of people were vaccinacd by Shaikh Hashar bin Maktum,
brother of the Shaikh of Dubai, who had been taught to vaccinate by the
Medical Officer, Victoria Memorial Hospital, Bahrain, during the tour of
the Trucial Coast in 1934. A Medical Officer of the Royal Air Force flew
to Sharjah where he vaccinated the entire staff of Imperial Airways Station
(which was isolated from the town) and also a number of people from
Sharjah. The Medical Officer, Victoria Memorial Hospital, Bahrain (who
is the Quarantine Medical Officer, Bahrain,) visited Sharjah by air in con­
nection with the epidemic.
10. Trucial Coast.—Some petty tribal raiding, camel stealing and occa­
sional crimes of violence occurred in various places near the Coast, but there
were no serious disturbances.

1. Dubai.
(i) Relations with Shaikh Sa’id bin Muktum, O.B.E., Ruler of Dubai,
have been cordial throughout the year and he has been of considerable assist­
ance on a number of occasions. There has been no revival of the attempt
made in 1934 by the Shaikh’s cousins to depose him.
(ii) In June 1935 the Officiating Political Agent (Captain G. A. Cole)
visited Dubai and informed Shaikh Sa’id that he must either recover the
goods plundered by his cousins from boats in the Khor at Dubai during May
1934, or pay in their cost. It was pointed out to him that the matter had
been pending for over a year and that it was imperative that he should take
immediate action. Shaikh Sa’id later paid the value of the plundered
goods and the case has been closed.
(iii) The Shaikh of Dubai who had for some time past been demanding
“ardhiyah” (a kind of Customs impost equivalent to transit duty) on stores
of the Royal Air Force landed at Dubai for Sharjah, gave the Officiating
Political Agent, during the same visit, an undertaking not to levy dues of
any kind on Government stores landed at Dubai for Sharjah.
(iv) On the 14th September Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum arrived at
Bahrain, from where he visited Shaikh ’Abdullah bin Jiluwi, Amir of
Ilasa, in October. He is reported to have received a present of five horses
and 2,000 Maria Theresa dollars from the Amir.

2. Sharjah.
(i) There has been nothing of interest to report in the Principality
of Sharjah.
(ii) Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar, Ruler of Sharjah, arrived at Bahrain on
the 17th November and left for the mainland oil the 21st on a visit of con­
dolence to Sa’ud bin ’Abdullah bin Jiluwi, Amir of Hasa. On his rctur**
V, Bahrain he informed the Political Agent that after paying his visit oi