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                  Za-Sb                                          74
                  Tanaij                                         75
                  Nuqbiyln                                       75
                  Ghafalah                                       76
                  Other tribes                                   76
                  Shihuh and Dhahuriyln                          77

         Chapter Three: Administering a Tribal Society           81
         1  The “decentralisation” of the administration in the
            wali system of tribal shaikhdoms                      81
              General                                             81
              The Qasimi Empire                                   82
                  Rise and disintegration                         82
                  Ra’s al Khaimah as a wali’s seat and as an independent
                  Trucial State                                   85
                  Ra’s al Khaimah's dependencies                  87
                  Dibah                                           88
                  Shamailiyah—Kalba                               91
                  Shamailiyah—Fujairah                            93
                  Daid                                            95
                  Hamriyah, Khan and HIrah                        97
         2  Other means of exercising authority                  100
         3  Abu Dhabi—a tribal confederation’s means to
            absorb change                                        102
              The setting                                        102
              The Ruler’s representatives                        103
                  Dhafrah                                        103
                  Tarlf                                          105
                  Jabal al Dhannah                               108
                  Das Island                                     109
                  Buraimi Oasis                                  109
                  Dalma                                          110
         4  Manifestations of administrative sovereignty—
             with an emphasis on examples from Abu Dhabi         112
               Taxation                                          112
               Customs duties
                                                                 118
               Reservation of rights
                                                                 119
               Subsidies and other manifestations of authority
                                                                 120
               Jurisdiction
                                                                 121
         5  Conclusion                                           124
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