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37. Ibid., Hashar bin Rashid to Sa‘id bin Maktum, 7 Muharram 1358
(27 Feb 1939).
38. Ibid., Mani* bin Rashid to Residency Agent, 27 Shawwal 1357 (20
Dec 1938).
39. Ibid., Mani* bin Rashid to Sa‘id bin Maktum, 24 Ramadan 1357 (17 Nov
I938)-
ao. Ibid., Mani* bin Rashid to Sa‘id bin Maktum, 11 Dhu’l Qa‘dah
1357 (2 Jan 1939).
41. Ibid., Hashar bin Rashid to Sa‘id bin Maktum, 7 Muharram 1358
(27 Feb 1939).
42. Ibid., Hashar bin Rashid to Residency Agent, 23 Dhu’l Hijjah 1357
(13 Feb 1939). The role of the Residency Agent during the few months
for which the majlis survived reflected the official British policy of
non-interference in internal affairs. Although the majlis kept the Agent
informed of developments in Dubai, he did little to help either it
or the ruler. When trouble broke out between the two in March
193D> he wrote to Mani*, who had appealed to him for help, that
he could in no way interfere with internal affairs (ibid., Residency
Agent to Mani* bin Rashid, 5 Safar 1358 (2b Mar 1939)).
43. Ibid., Hashar bin Rashid to Sa‘id bin Maktum, 26 Dhu’l Hijjah
1357 (16 Feb 1939).
44. Ibid.
45. Ibid., Hashar bin Rashid to Sa‘id bin Maktum, 9 Muharram 1358
(1 Mar 19391.
46. L/P&S/12/3827, PZ2705/39, Political Resident to India Office, 20 Apr
.'939-
47. This sum was expected to cover not only his personal, but also his
official, expenses, such as the subsidies paid to visiting bedouin.
48. R/15/2/1882, Hashar bin Rashid to Sa‘id bin Maktum, 11 Muharram
*358 (3 Mar 1939).
49. Ibid., Sa‘id bin Maktum to Hashar bin Rashid, 17 Muharram 1358
(9 Mar 1939).
50. I am grateful to Mr Ali Tajir of Dubai for this information on Shaykhah
Latifah.
51. Although Mani* complained to Sa‘id about their unruly behaviour,
he did not mention to which tribe they belonged, referring to them
simply as bedouin (R/15/2/1882, Mani* bin Rashid to Sa‘id bin Maktum,
8 Safar 1358 (30 Mar 1939). Mr Ali Tajir has informed me that
the desert bedouin did not take part in the actual lighting; the only
ones involved in the conflict were, on Shaykh Sa'id’s side, his own
men and those ol his son Rashid.
52. I am grateful to Mr Ali Tajir for this information.
53. L/P&S/12/3827, PZ2705/39, Political Resident to India Office, 20 Apr
I939\
54. Fighting did finally break out in 1930, but it ‘was a gentlemanly
affair, and both sides used to go out at night to recover the solid
cannonballs which they had fired from their ancient cannons in the
previous day’ (Hawley. The Trucial States, p. 340). The war resulted
in a stalemate and the desire by Sultan bin baqr of Sharjah to help