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CHAPTER VII.
Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. of Oman for the year 1927.
General. —The Honourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. visited the Trucial
Coast ports in March and in December.
Personnel: —Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul Latif continued as 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.
Slavery. —Two enslaved Hindu boys were recovered from Abu Dhabi
and two from Dibai and repatriated. Two Baluch divers were recovered from
the interior of Ras al Khaimah, a Baluch woman and her son from Dibai
and two Baluchis from a village between Hemriyah and Umm al Qaiwain.
Enquiry shows that the traffic in slaves is almost wholly conducted from
Persian Baluchistan where the authority of the Central Government is negli
gible.
Pearling. —The Arab merchants of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. found themselves in
difficulties this year for lack of capital, which they were forced to borrow at
high interest from Indian or Awazi lenders. Though the European and local
markets showed an improved tone the earning of divers from the Tru'cial
Coast was small and the season as a whole disappointing.
Relations with Nejd. —There have been no marked attempts on the part
of Ibn Saud or his agents to extend his influence on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , but
there is little doubt that the chiefs are nervous of his power, keep in indirect
touch with him and are reluctant to do anything likely to offend him. It is
certain that Shaikhs Shakhbut and Hazza were encouraged bv Ibn Jaluwi,
Ibn Saud's Amir in Hasa, to s ize Dalmah (see later under Abu Dhabi),
Shargah. —Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar was still sore over the deportation of
his father-in-law to Abu Dhabi in 1926. His brother unsuccessfully attempted
to ambush 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 at al JarUf (opposite Ajman) and it would
appear more than likely that the attempt was made with the connivance of
the Shaikh.
Hostilities took place in June between Shaikh Sultan and Shaikh Khalid
bin Ahmad, the ea;-Shaikh, caused by the confiscation by the former, in viola
tion of a previous agreement, of the private property of the latter. They were
not of a serious nature and did not involve a breach of the maritime truce.
At the instance of the Honourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the Senior Naval
Officer proceeded to Shargah and with the assistance of the Shaikh of Dibai
and 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, Shargah, arranged a settlement between the parties
The Senior Naval Officer took the opportunity of warning the Shaikh-
and his brothers before the assembled notables of the principality that any
harm to 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 would be visited by the severest consequences
to themselves, and obtained from them an undertaking admitting their res
ponsibility in this behalf.
The hostilities of last year between Fujairah and Kalba were renewed in
the autumn of 1927. A request of the Shaikh of Shargah for permission to
despatch assistance by sea to the headman of Kalba was refused as it would
have involved a breach of the maritime truce Desultory fighting continued
till November when, at the instance of the Honourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ,
the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , proceeded to Kalba and negotiated
an agreement between the conflicting parties.
Dibai. —This principality has remained undisturbed throughout the
year. Shaikh Said bin Maktum has been most helpful in the interests of peace
on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and is now undoubtedly the leading chief on the coast.
Abu Dhabi. —Shaikh Saqar bin Zaid, who had murdered his brother.
Sultan bin Zaid, and assumed the chiefship in August 1926, managed to main
tain his precarious position during 1927.
In March Shaikhs Shakhbut and Hazza, sons of the late Shaikh, seized
the island of Dalmah, belonging to Abu Dhabi, with the intention of making
it their headquarters to raise a force to oust their uncle. They gave out that
their action had the approval of Ibn Jaluwi, Ibn Saud's Amir in Hasa. On
the despatch of a force by Shaikh Saqar they withdrew without any resistance