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when he visited Qatar recently) has now
vvadiya and sent him to Bahrain. The be
£ n , taken to Buraiml where he w
Muhammad bin Salim, a Qatari, who sent h
to Qatar for sale to the Amir of Dukhan,
was made for the boy he was sent away by
of Qatar from where he was even
by the efforts of Saleh nl Mani'„ The
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and presented him to Saleh al Mani' is r
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When a search
the Amir v.o the
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th him to Qatar
robably responsib
for his son's rescue.
270. TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
( 1 ) Pe-^3^uiQevelo_gme nt_ (Trucial Coas t) Limited .
ot . + , 0n ^he 1st December the Company began a surve-v
of the area south of Jabal All. The extent and direevior
rLn?nv • Ur A y wl11 de P cnd on the results achieved by -ohe
Company In the course of their survey operations. ¥
(ii) Dubai - Abu Dhabi disp ute,
Summary No. 16? ferenC6 ppragraph 220 OH) of Intelligence
c Evidence has been accumulating that Shaikh
Rashid, son of the Ruler of Dubai, has been bribing the
Buraimi tribes in order to win them away from their al
legiance to Abu Dhabi. He is reported to b? paying as
or C Rs & BO/- ° f p Chief who normally gets only Rs .20/
/ from the Ruler of Abu Dhabi wliose limited re-
tribes 5 t0 makt large "he
rnbes. The latter has informed the Political Officer
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , that Shaikh Rashid has also sent spies ’
o.nd mischief makers to Buraimi in order to create dis
sension between the Buraimi tribes and Abu Dhabi. He
L PP h ea r^, hOW r er ’, COnfid£nt that Rashid would not succeed
lovaltv of^h^M 8 ^ ? ald ^ hat u he wa; ' satisfied as to the
h-p?- 0 m Manasir > his chief adherents. The Political
Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. is warning Shaikh Rashid to desist
from his undesirable activities. aesist
(iii) Fu.j ai rah .
Summary No.l9? ferenCe paragraph 260 ( v) of Intelligence
„ . . , Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad ash-Sharqi of
Fujairah and Shaikh Muhammad bin Ali, Paramount Chief of
the Beni Qitab, recently met at the Jiri and professed
biffektum t0 SaCh ° ther “ the presfiri '' s of Shaikh Jumah
(iv) Sharjah.
The Shaikh of Sharjah has increased security
precautions m Sharjah by night. He was seen one >
patrolling the town at night. He and his bt . At; -
ln i . t ^ For t instead of in their usual bouse;
Shaikh of Sharjah has not disclosed to anybody the
tnat^led^him to take such measures but from discr
^- s possible that he may be uneasy abou; his
w J^ hars ? ho *? ave adwa M s been discontented with tie some
what parsimonious allowances he has been giving them.
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