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deucy Agent’s son to the sliore at Dibai, was fired at twice. Further
^ots were fired during the night and bullets fell near the ship, though not
actually striking it. Fortunately no one was hit. The occurrence was the
Jjjoro significant as His Majesty’s Resident was on hoard H. M. S. “ Sphinx ”
aj; the time. The Shaikh was summoned on board the next morning to explain,
jje came with his Wazicr, Butti bin Rashid, and their demeanour was friendly,
apologetic and conciliatory ; the incident was eventually settled by the delivery
to the Shaikh of a warning from the Government of Iudia insisting on the
deportation, of the culprits to the Persian Coast and stating that the recurrence
0f such incidents must force Government to take serious measures to establish
older in Dibai Two Bastakis were eventually deported.
The Administration Report of 1911 for the Trucial Coast mentions the
piracy on a Dibai boat by Tangistanis. During the year under report, the
latter tribe were dealt with by punitive measures which are recorded elsewhere.
The important point for Dibai is that, in November of this year, as a result of
(hose measures, R15,000 were paid as compensation (blood-money) to the
Shaikh of Dibai through the Residency Agent acting under the orders of this
Residency.
The question of a representative of the British India Steam Navigation
Company proceeding to Dibai was eventually satisfactorily settled and a native
of India, Mirza Muhammad, took up his residence there in January of this
year and, in spite of some temporary disagreements with the Shaikh, of no great
importance, appears to be gradually making his way there and strengthening
the Company’s position.

S. G. KNOX, Major,
Officiating Political Pendent
in the Persian Qulf.