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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [290r] (584/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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CHAPTER IX.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR THE
TRUCIAL COAST
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FOR THE
1YEAR, 1910.
As far as the affairs of the hinterland and the relations of the princi
palities inter se, are concerned, the past year has been a peaceful and un
eventful one; there has been no fighting and the Bedouins have been peace
fully inclined.
The affairs of the ports, however, and the relations of the Shaikhs with
the British Government have been a good deal in evidence, mainly in connec
tion with the developments of the arms traffic.
The year at Abu Thabi and Umm-el-Kowein passed normally, and the
behaviour of the Chiefs was satisfactory.
The Shaikh, Abdul Aziz-bin-Homeid, was murdered by one of his house
hold slaves, on 16th February, in connec
tion with some family feud. The
relative of the deceased who had instigated the murder, Muhammad-bin-
Rashid, attempted to set himself up as Chief, but the inhabitants of Ajman
expelled him and chose Homeid, the son of the late Chief, in his father's
place. Homeid's succession was duly recognised by Government.
The late Shaikh Abdul Aziz was an unexceedingly uncouth and ignorant
person who could never speak except at a shout, and his son takes after him.
It was recorded, in last year's Report, that the Shaikh of Shargah, on
, . ^the" death of his son, Khalid, who had
Shargah and Ras-d-Kheima. governed Eas-el-Kheima as his deputy.
had, after some vacillation, appointed his uncle and actual Vazier, Shaikh
Salim-bin-Sultan, as Deputy-Governor of Ras-el-Kheima. This was a matter
for some surprise, but as it seemed a good sign of the concord exist
ing between the two, the Resident saw no reason to discourage it.
The arrangement did not however prove satisfactory, Salim having
been unable to maintain his loyalty to his nephew long. The breach
occurred in connection with a murder case at Ras-el-Kheima, under the follow
ing circumstances :—On 9th May, Shaikh Mahzam-bin-Muhammad, Head
man of the Island o'f Zaab, or " Jeziret-el-Hamra ", near Ras-el-Kheima,
was sitting outside the house of a relation at Ras-el-Kheima, in the company
of several other residents of the place, when he was attacked by Shaikh
Salim's son. Sultan, and mortally stabbed. It was given out at the time, in
order to save the feelings of the two families, that the murder was due to the
opposition of Shaikh Mahzam to the selection of Sultan's brother, Muham-
mad-bin-Salim, as Assistant Governor of the town under his father. But this
is not sufficient to account for the deed, and the real cause of it proves to have
been that Sultan wanted to obtain in marriage a girl related to Mahzam,
and Mahzam opposed the match, on the ground that Sultan was a dissolute
character of low birth, and unfit to be the girl's husband.
Shaikh Sagar, with the apathy which so marks his character, could not
be induced, in spite of the R'esident's urgent advice, to proceed to Ras-el-
Kheima himself and effect a settlement calculated to prevent any general
disturbance of the peace. Meanwhile the murderer absconded to Bokha on
the Musandim promontory, under Maskat; Shaikh Salim,^ the father of the
murderer, becoming suspicious of Sagar's aloofness, and in the interests of
his son, came to an understanding with the Chief of Bokha with a view to
opposing Shaikh Sagar, should he attempt to settle the matter on any terms
other than compromise.
It must be noted that Mahzam was Shaikh Sagar's father-in-law, so that
the latter had a strong domestic interest in the case.
All his people being away at the pearl fisheries however, and not
caring to proceed to Ras-el-Kheima without sufficient force. Shaikh Sagar
found himself in a dilemma and at this stage asked the
Residency
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The volume contains Administration Report on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. for 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. and Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. for the Year Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. for the Year 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).
The Reports contain reviews by 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.
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