"ملف ٥١/١١ مشيخة بخا" [و‎‎٥] (١٢/٩)

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and in the mountains. The northern limit he claims is
Has al Jari and the southern Has &1 Sha'aa and part of
oha’ain village. In fact, he has no authority in She*am
and the head•land is the natural boundary in that direction
which is, incidentally, the end of the motor road from Bas
al thaimah.
4. The inhabitants of fcakhah are Arabs (Shihuh), and
Persians who live mostly by fishing and trading. There
is one Hindu. The whole population is estimated at fc,000,
and it receives its food supplies from bubal through the
hharjah Agency in the same way as the Trucial Coast
Sheikhdoms. The Shaikh charges neither customs duty nor
anchorage fees on boats calling at hie port which is not
an open anchorage.
6. The Sheikhdom is independent and pays tribute to
nobody. The Shaikh mentioned that though he had been to
Muscat to pay his respects to the Sultan, he owed him no
allegiance ana preferred the protection of the Hrltlsh by
whom he wished to be considered independent.
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