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Notes to Chapter Three

nawakhidah; radaf was an emergency tax levied when war was
apprehended; khanjlyah was originally a tax by houses; riyal al sur, or
the "town wall dollar", was originally taken to defray the cost of repairs
to fortifications; naub al nasara, "the Christain nob", relates to an
incident about twenty years earlier when an Aden sanbuk was
plundered by 'Ajman pearl fishers in the Red Sea; payment of
compensation having been ordered by the British Political Resident, the
Shaikh of 'Ajman imposed a special fine on the pearl-fishing community
and maintained it for some lime for his own benefit under this title.
76 Memorandum prepared by the Residency Agent, Sharjah, no. 141D,
dated 4 September, 1906, reproduced in UK Memorial II, Annex G, no. 2,
p. 275.
77 According to one source five of the islands east of Abu Dhabi were
inhabited during the 1950s and had together about 33 houses; 13
islands west of Abu Dhabi were inhabited and had about 75 houses;
about half of those were occupied the year round while others were only
used for fishing in the winter.
78 UK Memorial II, Annex G, no. 1, p. 274 and 1, pp. 66f, and II, Annex G, no.
5, p. 282, for names of the people who were taxed hasilah on Dalma in
1954.
79 See Lorimer, Geogr., p. 409. The other income derived from that area was
a cash subsidy of 3,000 M.T. Dollars paid to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi by
the Sultan of Oman for maintaining peace among the beduin in the
vicinity of the oasis and in the Dhahirah.
80 See UK Memorial /, pp. 68 and 70.
81 See Lorimer, Geogr., p. 434.
82 See UK Memorial I, p. 70.
83 A Saudi 'ami! collected such zakah in 1926 only from some 'Awamir,
Duru' and beduin Al Bu Shamis; in 1927 the repetition was not opposed
by the Al Bu Falah Ruler, Saqr bin Zayid, because he hoped that such
favour would discourage the governor of al Hasa from assisting the sons
of Sultan bin Zayid to avenge the murder of their father; see Kelly,
Eastern, pp. 119ff and 238f.
84 A definition of zakah is given by J. Schacht in the Encyclopaedia of
Islam, reproduced in the Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam, edited by
H.A.R. Gibb and J.H. Kramers, reprint, Brill and Luzac, Leiden and
London, 1961, pp. 654ff. The usage and understanding of the expression
in Eastern Arabia during the 20th century are discussed by J.B. Kelly,
Eastern, particularly on pp. 239ff and in Appendix B, pp. 293-304.
85 Thomas, Bertram S., Alarms and Excursions in Arabia, London, 1931,
p. 175.
86 For the 1940s and 1950s see the already mentioned statement by the
amir, 'Ali bin Shaiban, in UK Memorial II, Annex G, no. 1, p. 274, and
also I, p. 67ff.
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