مجموعة ٥/٣٠(٣) "الرسالة الشهرية لمقيمية الخليج الفارسي في البحرين - ملخص الأحداث" [و‎‎٦‎٥] (١٩٤/١٢٩)

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of the mineral is spasmodic and so far as is known there are no
large reserves. Bakhah is the headquarters of Shaikh Muhammad
bin Ahmad of the Shihuh who claims jurisdiction over five or six
villages on this part of the coast. He a; pears to be completely
independent of the Sultan of Muscat and is supplied with rations
from the Trucial Coast. The population is mixed Arab and Persian
and makes its living by trade and sea-fari: g. Although so far as
is known no political .officer has previously visited Bakhah and no
steamer has touched at the port for seven years, our appearance
aroused little interest. The enmity between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
occasioned what might have been a very serious incident on the
evening we left Abu-Dhabi. Mr. Jackson, the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast, and the Residency Agent were driving back from Abu
Dhabi to Sharjah after dark and about five miles from Dubai were
fired at by a servant of Shaikh Juma of Dubai who with others was
keeping watch for a possible incursion from the Abu Dhabi direction
The bullet went through the wind-screen of the truck and both Mr.
Jackson and the Residency Agent were slightly injured by glass
splinters. When we visited Dubai a few dtys later Shaikh Said
undertook to provide a new truck and to expel his brother Shaikh
Juma, who is behind much of the trouble between Dubai and Abu
Dhabi, until further notice. Juma has arrived in Bahrain where
he is to reside for the time being. At Ras al Khaimah Shaikh
Sultan bin Salim asked for Government intervention to bring about
a settlement with his brother. The trouble is largely due to the
failure of Shaikh Sultan to give his brother a share of the oil
payments. The brother with his six sons is at present living in
tne date gardens some miles distant from Ras al Khaimah and wishes
to return to the town. This Shaikh Sultan will not permit as
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he has good reason to fear that his brother will kill him. . The
Shaikh now offers to make a settlement witu his brother and allow
him to return if Government will undertake responsibility for his
keeping the peace, which is of course out of the question. At
Char j ah we visited the Royal Air Force car. a part of which is now
emptyKjiflg owing to ....