The Habus allowed a party of surveyors and engineers from Petroleum Development Trucial Coast into their dar or tribal area in 1952, but on the advice of the Sheikh of Bukha denied a second visit. The dispute was resolved when the Habus finally recognised Al Qasimi sovereignty in 1955. However, they continued to be troublesome subjects even into 1963, when they held up a party from the Ras Al Khaimah mineral survey in a protest against Sheikh Saqr and even made an attempt to assert independence.
