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The alliance with Mulla Ali Shah paid Rashid dividends when the long and bitter conflict with the Bani Ma'in was concluded with a peace agreement in
January 1763 which ceded him a third of the revenues of Qishm island. Alliances shifted quickly, however, and by 1773 Rashid threw in his lot with the
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It was under Rashid's reign that the first accusations of piracy were leveled against the Al Qasimi by the
British, an incident in 1777 where Al Qasimi forces attacked and boarded an East India Company vessel. In responding to the British complaint, Rashid pointed out that the ship was running the
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interests were habitually protected by the use of firepower and two Arab maritime forces jostling for supremacy on both coasts of the
Persian Gulf, the Al Qasimi and the Bani Ma'ain, soon found themselves in conflict with the British (
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reports 'the insolence of the local chiefs'). The Al Qasimi fleet of the time comprised some 63 large and 669 small ships and a force of 18,000 men.
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colours of the Sultan of Muscat, with whom he was at war and therefore the taking of the ship was an acceptable act of war.
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maritime federation. Rashid bin Matar ruled at a time when maritime violence was prevalent throughout the
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371:. British Government, Bombay. p. 110.
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414:The myth of Arab piracy in the Gulf
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323:. London: Croom Helm. p. 26.
270:. London: Croom Helm. p. 31.
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125:from 1747–1777, as head of the
203:Sultan of Muscat in attacking
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545:Salim bin Sultan Al Qasimi
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