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two from Sharjah by sea and one from 'Ajman. The strength of
the besieged was about 800 fightmg' men only; but they enioved
he eountenance, if not the actual support, of the Shaikhs of Dibai
and Umm-al-Qaivvain, to whom the embarrassments of their nowprfnl
neighbour of Sharjah were generally a source of relief. The fi^htim, h.
been of an unusually obstinate character and the result highly favour^
to he besieged ; for, while the assailants had lost over 60 men killed
inf lading Abdullah, the son of the Qasimi Shaikh, and double that
number wounded, the casualties of the garrison were believed Tv>f t
exceed 10 men killed. In these circumstanoes Shaikh Sultan ea»erlv
eonght the ,ood offices of the Resident, by means of which he hoi
that he might be enabled to retire without utter disgrace from an imm
enter P" B 0 i and Captain (Cembali, while absolutely declim'Zto
guarantee any settlement that might be arranged, undertook the offi
of mediator Ihe headman of Hamriyah and the Shwaihiyin rewl
emboldened by their successful defence and instigated by the Shaikh of
Lmm-al-Qaiwain, would not at first listen to any proposals • bnf pvpti
uallv, on the Resident threatening a strict enforcement of the maritime
peace, whereby apparently their supplies would have been altogether cut
0 f'^ wa f . settle d that $500 should be paid by the rebels to tf" Shaikh
a r d / at ' 011 the eontinXf^
W tuess the form, I .ubmission of L rklt tte Ih^TS the H E 1
Company's schooner "Constance - remained at the pla^e for a few L.
onger until the besiegers had broken up their campand re ired htm
the predominance in Sharjah town at the present diy of the SbwaihiVta
ntrlZi thf" 1 f at f ^ ai f h Sulta " ^ eventifally have
u P ei suaaing the malcontents to return there.
of Eas-al- , ^ probably for some time before Kas-al-Khaimnh woe
Kliaimah and ru by Ibrahim-bin-Sultan, the son of Shail-h Snlf - i o
ShariaK wife of thp ~ n? - .1?. 01 61iaili h Sultan-bin-Saqar by a
1856 to 1866. Ibrahim had been a ' . 1,rz "'l l 'nbc ; and in 1855 Mashari, a son of
murdered thTre bv WU? 0 ' r of Dibah ' Md ^
in 18?6 Ibr&him 6 «l hT, ^ ^ lhah ; When Shaikh 'Hed,
1000, loranim Still held charge of Ras-al-Khaimah.
Hamrivaht ^ ^ 'A^^-bin-S^tau in the operations at
been aLumsd bv M ^ of Sharjah town seems to have
bS iuh-irerfo/t^ir m f d ; b ir. S ^ ar ' a g raQd60 ' 1 « f Sha i k h Sultan;
by Kbalid-bin-Sultan 1 ^ 10 ^ a p . llb > 0 ^ n to were shortly commenced
/hohad atkstfe w'" f j I 8 Unclee ' ' l ' he Qasimi Shaikh.
seems now to have counted for UtUe in th 06 V b0th t meu " : ' rj ' ai i d hearin S'
progeny ^bout IS^Q si 0 -' j im ,-j , tlie ^putes among his unruly
Shjirjah, the tolf w^fe't " - .^ong party in'
Muhammad each rtrpeiM; i 1 ^ ^ ni( ied between him and Shaikli
matters cou/d not lono- 1 ^fi 0 ^ ei f 0Wn a ^ iereri ts ; but such a state of
1861 Shaikh KhslVl h ^ e ' an ^ at the end of I860 or beginning of
from Sh^rjah in th^onS Shai ^ Muhammad to 'a distance
his own hand and thrpw I * t ' , 1110 ? 11111 ^ ri de, suddenly shot him with
Captain Mx Jolt ^ body into a well. Shortly afterwards, on
an interview with him b?^it^a ^ ^ 6 Sliaikh Kh ^ scuglit
, ut it was refused on the ground that the
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