Annex 2. Muscat - Ras al Khaimah (Ru'us al Jibal) As Your Highness is aware, I have come to the conclusion, after an extensive investigation of this area, that it is not possible to recommend a frontier line, such is the difference of outlook between Your Highness and Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah. Furthermore, since the region through which the presumed frontier would pass is so wild and sparsely inhabited, and also largely inaccessible, the definition of a precise border is not practicable. Her Majesty's Government, as Your Highness is aware, have for long recognised the Jebel Qir on the coast north of Sha'am as the northern limit of Ras al Khaimah territory, and this still applies. Your Highness maintains, quite rightly, that the Shihu as a whole are a Sultanate tribe and that the areas they occupy are Sultanate territory. There are, however, certain groups of this tribe who are settled on and near the west coast and consider themsleves the subjects of Shaikh Saqr, under whose administration they come. I list these places as follows: Sha'am and the Wadi Sha'm and its tributaries. The plain lying between Sha'am and Rams, bounded on the west by the sea and on the east by the mountains, and all the villages within this area. The Wadi Ghalilah and its tributaries. The short Wadis,o1 which the largest are the Wadis Rahbah and Bakhit, lying between the Wadis Ghalilah and Haqil. The small settlements, which are only occupied in the winter and spring, lying between these wadis and on the seaward side of the western watershed, which runs approximately 6 miles from the coast. To the south of Rams lie the Wadi Shimal (Wadi Haqil) and its tributaries, which are occupied by the Shimailiyin, who do not consider themselves Shihu. This area is under the effective control of Shaikh Sagr, exercised by a Wali. As for the Habus, although they are, of course, an offshoot of the Shihu, many now regard themselves as subjects of Shaikh Saqr. The areas in which such people live are as follows: The Wadi Bih as far as its confluence with the Wadi Shah The Wadi Qada'a and all its tributaries. /The Wadi
