"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٧‎٧‎٣] (١٧٨٢/٩١٦)

Maktum were equal to every emergency; enabling him to play off with
success the one enemy against the other; and it is probable that the
peril from outside was not without advantage in strengthening his
authority at home. The internal history of Dibai under Shaikh
Maktum was in any case singularly uneventful, but in 1843 he lost
an eye in battle with the Ghafalah Bedouins, As has often happened
the case of an Arab ruler refractory at the beginning of his
in
reign in his relations with the British Government, Shaikh Maktum
showed in later life a sincere appreciation of the objects and advantages
of British policy in the Gulf; and he ultimately acquired, in a high
degree, the confidence and respect of the local British authorities.
Shaikh Maktum fell a victim to small-pox in the spring of 1852.
He died at sea on a voyage to Qishm from Masqat, where he had gone
to visit his ally Saiyid Sa'id, probably in connection with recent events '
in Batinah.
Death of
Shaikh
Shaikh Sa'id-bin-Buti, 1852-59.
but
was
Rebellion
against
Shaikh
Said, 1852.
Shaikh Maktum was succeeded by his brother. Shaikh Sa ul,
the position of the latter, though his accession was peaceful,
challenged by Hashar and Suhail, sons of Maktum; and, on his ^pru
dently leaving Dibai to visit Saiyid Sa^id at Masqat in October 18o^,
the fort of Dibai passed by treachery into their hands. Ihe goyernor
appointed by Shaikh Sa^id at his departure,—one Sa 'id-bm-l as n , us
own maternal uncle,—was at first imprisoned, but soon agaiiy ie caset )y
the usurping chiefs; and, before the return of the Shaikh, this m ivi ua
succeeded in justifying the confidence reposed in liim by measures w ici
resulted in the flight of Hashar and Suhail from Dibai. The cause o
the exiles was espoused by the Shaikh of Sliarjah, w 1 i ^ .
they sought an asylum, and by whom a certain Sa i - Jin a a c -
was induced to leave Dibai with others of the A! Bu Mahair ^ u e an(
settle at Sharjah ; but the evil went no further. ^ a \ ilLnciVp
on the 17th of December 1852-to conclude an offensne an cc
alliance with the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi and Umm -al-Qaiwam y w
the intrigues of the Qasimi chief were effectually nullifiet.
No further internal incident distinguished tlie Shaik], ® 1 V 1 l^[. ^^te ^ n ' chai ' ac '
Sa ; id, and, like his predecessor in his later years, he was care u , ter, and death
a sood underetanduig with the British Government: thus hejas the only f ^
one of the leading Shaikhs of the coast who was not in attentoce at Sa . d .
Baraimi on the son of the Wahhabi Amir w ^ en 'f -vf 11 a ji.t j,,
1853 to arrange the Perpetual Treaty of Pea,c 'v ; h tamily seem to
December 1859 of small-pox, a disease to ^ hicl now also
have been unusually susceptible, for another brothei ant a p - carr ied
succumbed to the same malady, which, as will be recollected, had cam
off his brother Maktum.