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Notes to Chapter Three
Shihuh of lhe wcsl coast (he slates Rams but must have meant other
places further north as well) and giving them the ShamailTyah including
Kalba in exchange. The opinion of Bertram Thomas. Adviser in Muscat,
was sought and the latter prepared a sketch map of the tribal
distribution in the Musandam promontory. See exchange of telegrams
between the Resident in Bushire and the Political Agency in Muscat in
November 1926 in IOR R/15/1/278. ‘’Punishment of the Shaikh of
Fujairah 1925-34.”
17 The other part of the settled section lived at Daid while there are also
Tanaij beduin who use the port of Rams and are at times in evidence in
the village.
18 See e.g. the account of a dispute in 1921 between the Ruler of Ra’s al
Khaimah and the leading families of Rams assisted by the Shihuh in
Bai’ah; see IOR R/15/1/275 “Fight between Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah
and Shihuh tribe at the instigation of the Headman of Rams."
19 See footnote 8.
20 The ’Awanat ceased to be a separate tribe by about the end of the 19th
century, having become virtual dependents of the Qawasim.
21 But during the later years of Salim bin Sultan's rule in Sharjah, Ahmad
bin Sultan seems to have often acted as deputy for his brother, leaving
Dibah for long periods.
22 After this event, when the affairs between the usurper Sultan bin Saqr
and the family of the deposed Khalid bin Ahmad were sorted out,
Rashid bin Ahmad, the former fief of Dibah, resided for some time with
the Ruler of Umm al Qaiwain, but later stayed in Dubai “as a dependent
of the Shaikh of Dubai and married a woman of the Al Bu Falasah". See
letter by the Residency Agent to the Resident in Bushire of 25 July 1925.
in IOR R/15/1/276: “Deposition of the Shaikh of Sharjah 1924-32". See
for the following IOR, R/15/1/284: “Correspondence regarding the
Shaikh of Dibbah 1933-1938".
23 Letter no. 124 from the Residency Agent in Sharjah to the Political
Resident in Bushire dated 24 March 1926 in IOR, R/15/1/276. The
Residency Agent was, together with other people, of the opinion that
this move was "done at the insistence of his father"; ibid. Immediately
upon receiving this news the Ruler of Umm al Qaiwain. who by
affording protection to the deposed Khalid bin Ahmad and his relatives
had taken on a considerable financial and political burden, claimed that
the income from Dibah should be allocated to his protege Khalid.
24 He describes this in a very self-possessed way in a letter to the
Residency Agent of February 1926. Enclosed in letter no. 124 from the
Residency Agent to the Political Resident in Bushire dated 24 March
1926; IOR R/15/1/276.
25 Though the latter seems to have had problems preventing some Shihuh
from stopping repair work on the tower of Dibah fort. In November/
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