"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٧‎١‎٧] (١٧٨٢/٨٦٠)

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Shaikh Sultan, his own open and undeniable violation of the treaty ;
not only did he refuse to dismantle the new works, I »ut he even expressed
an intention of building others ; and, in effect, he said that he would
only desist under compulsion. The Shaikh of Sharjah, with his usual
acuteness, refused to discuss any compromise and appealed to the honour
of the British officials. Eventually the Shaikh of Umm -al -Qaiwain
was obliged to suspend his building operations, and the case was referred
for the orders of Government.
In May 1843 the Assistant Resident, armed with authority from 1843.
Government, again proceeded to the spot, and Shaikh 'Abdullah-bin-
Rashid, until he found that coercion would be used if necessary,
was just as obstinate as before ; but the conclusion of the Ten Years'
Maritime Truce, which took place at this time, deprived the
question of its practical importance, and it was decided that, after
the Shaikh of Umm-al-Qaiwain had fulfilled his obligations by destroy
ing the works constructed in violation of the treaty, the treaty itself should
be annulled and the Shaikhs and the British Government' absolved from
their mutual responsibilities. The British Agent was directed to remain
at Umm-al-Qaiwain to witness the demolition of the towers, and their
destruction was commenced ; but, after one tower had been
levelled with the ground, the Shaikh of Sharjah, at the intercession of the
Shaikh of Dibai and not uninfluenced by a threat on the part of the
Shaikh of Umm-al-Qaiwain to ruin the pearling season by beginning a
war on land, agreed that the remainder should be spared a concession
which the British authorities very readily confirmed.
In 1844 Shaikh Sultan -bin-Saqar was driven by adverse winds to 1844.
take refuge in the harbour of Umm -al-Qaiwain, and Shaikh Abdullah-
bin-Hashid, overlooking the past, invited him ashore and treated him
as a distinguished guest during a night and day. This, however, seems to
have been a mere incident of Arab hospitality, for it led to no impiove-
ment of the bad relations between the two chiefs.
In the general war which broke out along the Trucial Coast in 1846, 1846-47.
chiefly in consequence of the ambition of Shaikh Sultan-bin- Saqar, the
Shaikh of Umm-al-Qaiwain played an important part. In marked
contrast with Shaikh 'Abdul Aziz of 'Ajman, the othei membei of the
triple combination, who finding it to his advantage to do so soon changed
sides, Shaikh ^ Abdullah-bin- Rashid supported with unswerving loyalty
his ally of Dibai; and by these two the war was carried to a not unsuccess
ful conclusion. Early in the operations an encounter took place in t