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{d) Ajman
27. The Ruler Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid succeeded his father peacefully
in 1928. He resembles in appearance and manner an Arab of the desert. He
possesses plenty of courage but is volatile and untrustworthy. He belongs to the
Na'im tribe and is at feud with Saqr the Na'im Shaikh of Buraimi. He maintains
good order in his territory and no incident worth mentioning has occurred in it
during the period under review. In 1951 he invited Dr. (Miss) Hosman of the
Presbyterian Church of America to establish a hospital in his capital but as she
found conditions there unsatisfactory she settled in Sharjah (paragragh 25 above).
In 1952 he started to issue his own travel documents, being the first Trucial State
Ruler to do so, and made much profit by issuing them to all and sundry whether
they were his subjects or not. His eldest son, Ali, who has an imposing figure and
is fully competent, represents him when he is ill or absent and will presumably
succeed him. Rashid is suspected of pro-Saudi sympathies and Ali is believed to
have visited Turki in Hamasah soon after the latter's arrival there.
28. The State is a very small one. No attempt has yet been made to define
its boundaries but it covers a few miles of coast and may extend up to 20 miles
into the interior. In 1953 Shaikh Rashid objected when an oil company survey
party operating West of Dhaid trespassed in what he regarded as his preserve.
He owns a village called Masfut in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatta near the Dubai village of Hatta
(paragraph 19 above) but it is doubtful if this can be regarded as part of his State.
(e) Umm al Qaiwain
29 The Ruler Shaikh Ahmad bin Rashid, M.B.E., succeeded on the murder
of his cousin in 1929. He was then only 18 and was apparently not concerned
in the murder himself. The actual murderer and an uncle who instigated him were
lynched by the populace. Since then the history of the Shaikhdom has been entirely
uneventful. Shaikh Ahmad, who is fat and suffers from diabetes, has a well-
deserved reputation for honesty and lack of self-interest and is m great dema
on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. as a mediator in disputes. He administers his State wise y
and efficiently so far as his means permit and is always ready to assist Her Majes y s
Representatives in the settlement of disputes and other matters when called upon
to do so He is not affected by the Saudi claims and so far as is known has had
no dealings with Turki in Hamasah though one or two of
to have visited him. He was awarded the M B.E. in '950 His eldest son, Kasmo,
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v. u FTmm nl Ofliwain own Falai Al Ali an oasis about 20 miles distant
who besides Umm al (^aiwam own rcuaj QhaikhHnm extends
in the interior and a few lon'h^
jizhlt'af Hamrahto 'the north, a distance of about 15 miles and inland probably
SandtecTudTng Falaj Al Ali but no bonndanes have yet been defined.
(f) Ras al Khaimah
This is one of the Qasimi Shaikhdoms. Shaikh Salim who was not
31. Inis is one oi l v in ^9 jjis son Sultan succeeded m
recognised as ^^mmad aside and in obtaining his recognition as
pushing his elder broth ^ maintained his position as such until 1948.
an independent Ruler in l92K H j ^ ^ a thoroughly unsa ti s factory An East India Company trading post.
He possesses a wild and n . erv " tc n P hk state and on several occasions adopted
Ruler. He neglected M^esty s Government. The trouble he gave
an unsatisfactory attitude towards ] y below ( raph
over the Royal Air Force HsMaiesty's ships and representatives
From time to time he refused to c.11 on His j ^ Tamb
visiting Ras al Khatmah In 1935 hejemo^ ^ He only replaced his
Island and was reported to be in g ^ would be handed over to Sharjah.
flag and its staff when threaleiie brother Muhammad because
In 1947 trouble started between htm and fits etoe^ was receivjng under his
of his failure to pay dic latter . f Muhammad seized the
SnTZTk jJS.SSrsS-s l?n e ce' .nd w.. .. one, .ccp.ed b, ,1,
populace as Ruler in his place. ^ ^
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