Page 106 - PERSIAN 8 1912_1920

90 PEEOIAN GULP ADMINISTRATION REPORT

Thowcimah near Shargah, owing to tho refusal of the Bedouin camelry
proceed farther, and the concequcnt necessity of obtaining fresh transport.
arms were in duo course handed over to one of His Majesty’s ships ^7
proceeded to Shargah for the purpose; three Nejdi Arabs who were capb*2
dong with, the arms were, under authority of the Government of India, Beat?
Karachi for imprisonment by the Civil authorities. 10
lea bin Abdul Latif’s courageous and loyal conduct wes suitably rewards
by tho gift of a fine telescope appropriately inscribed. ^
Eubceeuent to tho seizure of this consignment, the Residency Agent, ^
had been a£:cnt at Raa-al-Khaimah, wrote to complain that Shaikh Sagar fo]
neglected to take proper precautions to safegard lea Abdul Latif fjjfi
molestation or worce at tho hands of Arab strangers, who, it was represented
had dcrigna on the latter’s life; Shaikh Sagar wc3 warned by the First Assistant
(who had been deputed in another connection to the coast in ft. ^
II. G. “Lawrence") that if any more was heard on this subject, the
EcrZcnt would ad via 3 tho Government of India to give Khan Bahadur Abdul
La'.if a cep 07 guard; no further development, however, occurred and the matter
we3 allowed to drop.
Towards the end of the year, after reference to the Government of Info
tho Shaikhs of Shargah, Debra and Ajman, whom reports indicated to be the
principal delinquents in Amo Traffic matters, mainly because they occupy the
ceai.:ecf Co Cc;.:t, were inici'mcd that unlc:s they exerted themeelves more
1 :Cou:ly and effectively forthwith to stop the use of their territories by arms
i....fickcrs, Government would be obliged without further warning to impose
heavy hues on them for their neglect, or even to take measures on land to
c:adicato the illicit trade.
To Clicikh Scgir was added an exnrewion of Government’s strong disappro­
val and cur prise at his entire failure to co-operate in the seizure of
arms at Thowaimnh above referred to, and he was warned of his personal m-
possibility, in case he failed to accept the Resident’s advice, to fine and expel
certain specified individuals, cubjeet3 of his, who were reported by the Resi­
dency Agert to be trading in arm*3.
The Chaikh of Hamriyah was formerly considered to he a dependent of
the Jawasim Shaikh of Shargah hut he
H&mriyih.
broke away from the latter Principality
in 1875 and ho3 been rather in the pocition of a “nobody’s bairn ” e?er
since, whikt the Shoikh of Shargah has been so notoriously apathetic and
weak in dealing with all his allies and adherents, that it is not a matter
of sunrise that he should have alienated, in turn, the affections of his nominal
vcc:a!3, the. Shaikhs of Fujairah, Khor Fakkan and Hamriyah; the last
named district, being nest door to Zora on the east, it seems probable that,
should we instal ourselves there, it would in practice become necessary for ns
to deal with tho Shaikh of Hamriyah direct; the Government of India
were, therefore, asked to give the Resident discretion to inform Shaikh
Abdur Rahim that, a3 a matter of convenience, connected with our presence
at Zora, it was proposed in future to deal with him direct, and that if hii
behaviour justified it, the Resident would be prepared to recommend the
Government of India, after a time, to recognise him a3 an independent Shaikh-
Tahnun bin Said, the ruling Chief, died in October 1912 after a brid
rule of 2 years, and was succeeded hy
Aba Dhabi,
his brother, Hamdan bin Zaid. He
had been a good and respected Shaikh hut a chronic invalid, not bavin?
had the use of his leg3 since his accession and thus having to spend his life in *
sitting or lying posture.
Both Shaikh Tahnun and his successor have been tractable in thdj
dealings with the Residency, and have exerted themselves in the endeavour tn
recover from^he Uanacir tribe under their influence compensation for apif^I
committed on a Katr pearling boat. Their satisfactory attitude in this regnrn
hr. 3 mcae it all the more dill cult to fence with their frequ.nt importunities f,
t~3 settlement of their piracy claim against Taona. Government have been urg0®
to csttle it end reimburse themselves from the Persian Government direct,
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