'Administration Reports 1920-1924' [‎118r] (240/412)

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carried out on the fort by H. M. S. Cyclamen. This produced no sign of sub
mission and in the evening the Sheikh of Shargah left for his town to collect
men. The next day was Sunday and a deputation came on board asking that
the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent and Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. should go ashore and try to settle the matter
amicably. This they did and the meeting lasted several hours and achieved
no result. In the evening however news of the Sheikh of Shargah's pre
parations got known and Humaid fled that night after dark. On the 20th
February Abdur Eahman was installed by the Sheikh of Shargah who had
returned during the night. Abdur Eahman was warned to be on the qui vive
and both he and the Sheikh of Shargah were positive that he could hold his
own.
However Humaid had only gone to Umm-ul-Qaiwain and returned and
recaptured Hamriyah on the 25th Eebruary with the assistance of some
Bedouin. The Lawrence had by that time left the coast. However, He.
M. S. Cyclamen was still there and visited Umm-ul-Qaiwain to try and
settle the matter. It appeared likely that Commander Brandon would succeed
in this but on the 1st March he had to leave the coast owing to a strong shamal
(N. W. Wind). H. M. S. Cyclamen again visited the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. on the
16th March to settle the matter which in the meantime had almost been
settled by the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, but had to leave the same night to go to
Abadan on account of the strike there.
H. M. S. Cyclamen visited the Trncial Coast a third time in connection
with this case on the 10th April. Another effort to settle the case amicably
was made through the Sheikh of Debai who volunteered to act as mediary.
However this failed and it was decided that the only course was for H. M. S.
Cyclamen to support the Sheikh of Shargah's force which would attack by
land. After some delay on the part of the Sheikh's force the programme was
carried out, a limited bombardment by H. M. S. Cyclamen being carried
out on the 12th April. Humaid left that night and his principal followers
swore obedience to the Slieikh of Shargah and Abdur Rahman who was again
reinstated.
For some time Humaid remained in the neighbourhood but as Hamriyah
was occupied by the Shargah force, he was unable to do anything and in the
end went to Baraimi where he was up to the end of the year. Since his
departure practically all his adherents among the Bedouin and townspeople
have made their peace with the Sheikh of Shargah. The last news of Humaid
was that he was very ill at Baraimi.
The affairs here were quiet. A certain number of cases of selling Baluchis
were reported and in several cases the
Baluchis were recovered.
Nothing much occurred in Abu Dhabi until the end of August when
Sheikh Sultan bin Zaid, with the assist
ance of his brother. Sheikh Sagar, mur
dered his full brother Sheikh Hamdan who had been Sheikh since 1912, on the
ostensible ground of his oppression, and assumed the Sheikhdom in his stead.
As the new Sheikh was accepted by his family and the people, his accession
was recognised by the Government of India in October.
The situation in this principality was disturbed by events at Rams.
During 1921 Abdur Rahman, the Head
man of Rams, a village near Ras-el-
Khaimah and under the authority of -the Sheikh, had tried to secede, and the
Shihuh, a tribe living in the neighbourhood, had helped the people of Rams
and fighting had ensued. In the summer Abdur Rahman was murdered under
circumstances which pointed to the complicity of the Sheikh of Ras-el-Khaimah.
Desultory fighting continued all the summer and many divers were pressed into
the service and the diving industry suffered. In October the Senior Naval
Officer arranged a truce for six months during which the disputes should be
referred to the Resident for arbitration and the brothers of the late headman
of Rams should remain at Shargah. This was the position until about the end of
1921. Daring the last few days of the year however the two brothers, Mahomtned
gnid Salim, escaped and made tlieir way back to Rams via Dibba where
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