Muscat - Trucial States boundary: Wadi Madha

This file relates to the renewal of a dispute between Muscat and Sharjah regarding boundaries in Wadi Madha, following the murder of Sheikh Ahmad Bin Hilal Al Sa’adi, a representative of the Ruler of Sharjah. It covers correspondence on:

• A report that the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi is at Khor Fakkan [Khawr Fakkan] enlisting men and collecting arms, and that he had invited Sheikh Mohammad Bin Saleem Al Madhani of Wadi Madha
• The question of where the Beni Sa’ad [Bani Sa’ad] are subjects of; and correspondence showing that British officials accepted that they were subjects of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman in 1939 [not enclosed]
• Preparation for the arbitration of the dispute, including the attempt by HMG to persuade the Sultan to agree to arbitration
• Trouble in the Khor Fakkan area, including the report from the Acting Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saif Bin Abdul Rahman Al Qasimi that a junior customs clerk has been intriguing to get rid of the Wali of the area
• Letters from Sheikh Saqr and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur, setting out their cases
• The question of whether Sharia Law is applicable to the dispute.