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solution of this difficulty, finally attained in 1 879, the time was not yet
npe.
Cases of The principal infractions of the Treaty of Peace of 1820 and of
breaches'of ^ ie Maritime Truce at the time in force may now be placed on
the Mnrii'iue record ; but in doing so it is unnecessary to distinguish between the
1835-53, two classes, for all aggressions at sea were now equally included in the
piratical category. The much less serious character, on the whole, of
the olfences committed during this period is a clear testimony to the
progress made, under the Treaty of Peace alone, in the years preceding.
1^37, In 1837 an ordinary piracy was committed on a boat belonging to
bandar 'Abbas by inhabitants of llairah village; but the Shaikh of
Sharjah, whose subjects the pirates were, of his own accord compelled ^
them to make restitutiori. iaoivaL
[838, In 1838 two Qasimi subjects, Sultan-bin-Sohar and Muhammad-hin-
Sohar, brothers, attacked and plundered a Kharag boat at the northern
end of the Persian Gulf, killing several persons ; and they also looted, - 1 rei
in the vicinity of Ras-al-Hadd, a vessel belonging to the Batinah coast.
Sultan, having been captured at Lingeh, was delivered over by the - K 1 '
British Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Shaikh of the Ka'ab, whose » let
interest in the case will be explained further on; but Muhammad and a . :?nvltli1
Nakhuda who had been associated with him in his misdeeds, on their
surrender by Shaikh Sultan-bin-Saqar after severe treatment at Sharjak -1
were released by the British authorities with a light additional punish- ttred
ment. Also in 1838, a Baqarah belonging to Khaburah in the ^Oman Dj ia
Sultanate was stealthily pursued by a Baqarah of Dibai to an anchorage itim;
at Barkab and there, at night but not unawares, attacked. Of nine mew
on board the Khaburah vessel, six were wounded and two subsequently ,; em ;■
died ; but blood-mcney and other compensation were exacted in full from
the aggressors by the British authorities through the Shaikh of Dibai. .^ ( , t j ieri
1840 In 1840 some petty controversies took place on the pearl banks, and lesia
elsewhere at sea, between subjects of Abu Dhabi and Dibai and between i?
subjects of Sharjah and Abu Dhabi ; but they were unaccompanied by :.t ■ ^
bloodshed or extreme violence and were adjusted by the Hesident under ntl the
the terms of the Maritime Truce. More serious was the plunder by Bin- iatejvafi
Askar, a member of the rebellious Qubaisat section of the Bani ^ as, in ^
iiis llight with a number of companions from Abu Dhabi to Dibai, of two
Baqarahs owned by Bani Yas and containing pearls of high value; nor did a ,,.
the Shaikh of Dibai at once comply with the demand of the British l!lf[ ^
authorities, that Bin-'Askar should be handed over to his own Shaikh. ,1,^
The ruler of Bibai also became liable about this time for compensa-
lion on account of an Abu Dhabi boat, which some of his subjects, mov- ^ 0
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