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Khaima on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (hereafter referred to as the Jowashm; had
been active on the Persian littoral of the Oult, on tvhtoh before 1/2Mhey
seized Basidn, In 1737 they were attacked in tneii own teintory by Persia
• Lor. i, 031-2. fnd .ppe« to have made submission," but it does not seem that lew. ^
retaiued any hold on Ras-al-Khaima. Llus
6 About 1750 a portion of the Jowasiini tribe crossed the GaiK to aid the M t' 1
Persian Governor of Bander Abbas and Ormnz against the then Shah, when u,
they took possession of Lingah, opposite the island of kishm and other places # a g
on the Persian Coast. Lingah they continued to hold until the deposition Ifl)n
bv Persia of the last Arab Sheikh of Lingah in I8b7 But for a number of
vears before that date, while Lingah np to about 188 l remained a tnbally
administered Arab principality, the ruling Sheikhs had gradually come
under the power of the Persian Government, having finally acknowledged ^
Lor. i, 2063—i. themselves Persian subjects, paying to the Persian Govern 01 -General of lais !preser
such tribute as he could exact from them, and governing Lingah as Persian ^ (
officials. , . jit for
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7 It is not clear whether anv effective dominion had been exercised by
Persia in the islands of Tamb, Abu Musa and Sirri prior to 1750. It seems
entirely clear that no effective dominion was exercised m any of them by her
between that date and the seizure of Sirri in 1887. In the intervening
•period if not from a much earlier date, the islands were apparently part of
the hereditary estates of the Jowasimi Arab Sheikhs, the Sheikhs on the
Arab shore having an equal interest with those on the Persian littoral. ^
Their management, administration, and jurisdiction had, however, for many ^
vears prior"to 1887 by common consent been vested in the chief Jowasimi
Sheikh of the Persian coast, viz. the Sheikh of Lingah, but m his capacity of ^
t r 01 . ^ Jowasimi Sheikh and not of Persian official!—a state of things which would ^
Minister, Teheran, t liave ar i sen from the fact that Tanil) was for a period used by
^'^Tei trom Pot Res. Lingah Jowasimi more than by ether Jowasimi.ll No recognition of Persian
to s. of s. for i., suzereio'nty in respect of any of the islands had been made by the Jowasimi
T. 234, Aug. 22 1928. ° ^ X . aan
p 4558. Arabs 01 Oman,
8. Up to about 1873, owing to the close connection existing between
Tamb and Lingali, 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. authorities at Bushire took the view that
Tamb was Persian, and in the period ending with 1879 several enquiries
regarding it are stated to exist in 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. records. In 1882, however,
in reply to an enquiry, 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 stationed at Shargah, on the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , furnished the Resident with translations of letters to the
Sheikh of Shargah which established the rights of the Trucial Chiets. ^
Copies of these letters were produced in another connection m 1900 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, who stated that he had himself seen the originals. ^
II Tel. from Poi. Res. Endeavours are now being made to see if the originals can be produced, j I ,
to S. of S. for I., _ , j. /4
t. 234, Aug. 22 1928. Persian claim was first asserted in 1877, and has been repeated nt,,
in 1904, 1923, 1926 and 1928. The history of these incidents is as follows. 4 j
tils
^ D III.—Occupation of Sirri by Persia, 18874
X G - of I - Pr0 - ,, tiuiin
ceedings, Sept. 1888. , () _ j n the year 1877 an armed Persian party, with two small cannon,
was sent to erect a flagstaff and hoist the Persian flag on Sirn. Ihe ■ ■
s Tel. to Bes. 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 Minister at Teheran, having enquired§ whether the
sept. 26 1887. islands were under British protection, and w T hether any action at leheran
was necessary, replied that Sirri and Tamb were beyond the zone of Persian f am
interference, and that the islands belonged to Arab Chiefs under Britn . J e
protection in common with Arabs of the Persian littoral. The Residenti bir
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separately reported to the Government of India that the islands formed par ty
of the hereditary estates of the Jowasimi Arab Sheikhs; that for many years, asim
however, their management, administration and jurisdiction had by common ■ e
consent been vested in the chief Jowasimi Sheikh on the Persian coas , ®
viz., the Sheikh of Lingah for the time being ; that the Jowasimi Sheik s u t
domiciled on the Persian coast had acquired the status of subjects 0 isess
Persia, and those who governed Lingah had been, in fact, Persian onicia s
qua Lingah ; that the Persian claim was doubtless based on these grounds, seat
and that, were it not for the fact that the Arab Sheikhs of the Oman coast cati
jointly owned the islands, the Persian position could not be disputed. ^ e IB;