'14/196 Punishment of the Sheikh of Fujairah. Sheikh Hawad bin Abdullah Sharqiyin.' [‎37r] (81/530)

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telegraphed to Kis Excellency the Mxsdfc Maval Commander-in-
-Chief for permission to bombard the fort of Eujairah and
seize and destroy Shaikh Hamad * s property if necessary.
This permission was at once accorded. *
13. At 10 a.m. on the 20th April notice, which was
acknowledged, was given to Shaikh Hamad that, failing
submission to my demands, his fort would be bombarded at
1 p.m. This bombardment, which was carried out from
two 4-inch guns on H.IG.S. "Cyclamen w and one 12-pounder
on H.K.S. "Triad", was continued for li hours, when the
seaward faces of his three towers had been knocked down.
14. It is believed that there was no loss of life
directly caused by the bombardment as the occupants of
the fort had certainly vacated it. One slave was aaid
to have been severely wouMed in the head by from a stone
dislodged by a shell and a daughter-in-law of the Shaikh,
who was dangerously ill, was reported to have died while
being carried away.
15. After the bombardment H.M.S. "Triad" and
"Cyclamen" — on information given by Shaikh Said bin
Hamad — attached a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , the property of Shaikh Hamad,
which was said to be worth Is. 10,000/-, at Khor Fakkah.
This was released the next day as the Shaikh, on my return
to Ghallah on the 21st, paid up the fine of Es. 1500/-
imposed on him — Bs. 1200/- on account of the kidnapped
girl, and Es. 300/- additional on account of the refusal
of his villagers to assist the crew of the whaler of the ^
"Lawrence" on the evening of the 19th April, when the boat
turned broadside on to the shore close to Gharaifah in a
heavy surf, and could not be righted until assistance
arrived from the "Lawrence". I understand from Command
-er Poyntz that the boat has become unserviceable from the
buffeting which she received. I
16. I enclose copies of the correspondence which
passed