"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٦‎٩‎١] (١٧٨٢/٨٣٤)

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1838 be sustained a serious reverse
have lowered his prestige.
Meanwhile^ in 1828, the town of Ras-al-Khaimah had begun to rise
Diiee more on its original site, the ruins of the old town serving as quar
ries of material for the new ; the wall across the isthmus on the landward
side of the town had already been restored ; and a square tower had been
built on a mound which marked the place of a former principal
fortitieation.
It is unnecessary here to do more than refer to the acts of war between
Sharjah and Abu Dhabi which took place in 1825 in connection with the
Baraimi-Dairah quarrel, and which have already been mentioned above.
In February 1829 Sultan-bin-Saqar, irritated by a constant coali
tion against himself between the Saiyid of Masqat and the Shaikh of
Abu Dhabi, took advantage of the failure of the joint expedition of
those two powers against Bahrain to declare war against Abu Dhabi;
and very soon, by means of a blockade^ he succeeded in reducing to
severe straits the principal and only town belonging to his rival.
The prospect of exclusion from the approaching pearl fishery was how
ever equally disagreeable to both sides; and in June 1829, by the
mediation of Muhammad-bin-Qadlnb, Shaikh of Lingeh, peace was
arranged on condition that neither party should interfere any more
with the subjects or dependents of the other.
In 1831 trouble was renewed in consequence of the curious im
broglio, already described, which resulted i» 1831 from the operations
of Saiyid Sa'id of Masqat against Sohar. The Shaikh of 'Ajman,
on his return from Sohar, found that his tovn had been plundered
and the flocks of his subjects raided by l^ani Yas and Manasir
despatched by Shaikh Tahnun-bin-Shakhbut; and war against Abu
Dhabi was immediately declared on his part and on that of the Shaikh
of Sharjah. A peace was shortly patched up by the Shaikh of Lingeh,
no doubt with the object of postponing matteis until the end
of the pearl season ; but in September it was broken by subjects of
Sharjah, who attacked two pearl boats of the Bani Yas near Bahrain,
an act to which the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi immediately replied by
seizing 14 vessels of the Qawasim that happened to call at his port for
provisions. A partial adjustment of claims now took place, but in
December 1831 the situation was,again strained; no further serious
operations however took place. , j
In 1833, encouraged by a split among the Bam Yas an e
secession of the Al Bu Falasah section and others from Abu Dhabi
to Dibai, Shaikh Sultan-bin- Saqar resolved on a supreme attemp
Determined
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tual efforts
of Sharjab