"ملف 8/25 المسؤول السياسي، الساحل المتصالح، مذكرات" [و‎‎٣‎٠] (٣٧٤/٥٩)

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out at night after S’oclock Arabic* It appears that the Shai*w
of the ’Awamir met Shaikh Jura*ah of Dubai and oold him that he
had seen some wandering Bedus, who said they had been given
rifles by Shaikh Mani 1 * This so frightened Shaikh Jum’ah that
he immediately jumped to the conclusion that an attack by sea
from Bahrain was imminent l and though Shaikh Sa*id was not
in favour of it, the curfew order was promulgated.
(ii) About the 15th November, Shaikh Ahmad of Diba Hisin
went to see Shaikh Humaid, nephew of Shaikh Khalid, Regent of
Kalba, at Kalba and complained that the Shahuh of Bai f ah(Diba)
were interfering in his internal affairs to such an extent
that their Shaikh had actually heard cases in the Hisin area*
Shaikh Humaid told him that he should first consult Shaikh
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Khalid who was then at Ajman* At the same time Shaikh Humaid
sent 50 men to reinforce the guard; at Diba* After Shaikh Ahmad
had left for Ajman the Shahuh started cutting and destroying
trees in the Hisin area. While on their way back one night from
such a raid they were fired at by the Hisin garrison and three
were killed and three wounded. As a result of this, tension
between the parties increased and sniping continued day and night
The Shahuh sustained six killed and three wounded and Salim bin
Abdullah the chief of the Naqbiyin and a few others of the
Qawasim were wounded*
Shaikh Muhammad of Fujairah has been to Diba and has
arranged an armistice which ends on 5th December. At the same
time he wrote to the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah inviting him to
Diba to help in arranging a permanent peace. The Shaikh of
Ras al Khaimah suggested to the Shaikh of Fujairah that a
permanet settlement should be made on the basis of 1 Dafin f (r®~
nouncing all claims), failing which a truce for a period of one
year, so that he (Ras al Khaimah) with the help of Fujairah
might be able in the summer to make a permanent peace.
When trouble first broke out the Shahuh wrote to the
Shaikh /