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tnen, each of which is supposed to be commanded by a sort of non-commissioned
officer called an 'Aqid. Every regular fort is in charge of a military commandant
called a Jama'dar. In the more important stations the 'Askarisare armed with breech-
loading rifles. The Sultan has a number of old muzzle-loading gun, but not more than
one or two of these are capable of being moved.
The once considerable navy of 'Oman is now represented by a single steam yacht, the
" Nur -al-Bahr," of 300 tons, mounting one 9-pr. R.M.L. gun and one five-barrelled
Nordenfelt of '45 calibre.
The ruling family.* —The descendants of Ahmad-bin-Sa'id, the founder of the ruling
family, are now too numerous,—many of them being also obscure,—to permit of a
complete genealogical table being drawn up ; but in the space given to 'Oman
in the third volume of this Gazetteer will be found a table including all or most of those
who retain any importance at the present time.
The present Sultan, Saiyid Taimur-bin-Faisal, is proprietor, as a private individual,
of the following estates in his own territory :—
Where situated.
'Auhi in the sub-Wila-
yat of Sobar,
Bidbid in Wadi
Samail.
Hail in Wadi-al-Hilti
Khasab
Manah
Nakhl
Nizwa
Quryat
Ruwi
Samail
Sidab
Wataiyah
Nature of property.
Date-groves and eulti-
tivated land.
Date-groves
Date-groves and culti
vated land.
Ditto
Grazing land
Date-groves and culti
vated land.
Date-groves
Ditto
A few small date-grove
Date-groves and land
A few small date-groves
Date-groves and culti
vated land.
Annual
value.
$300
$2,500
$300
$1,000
Nil
$1,000
$2,000
$350
$2,000
$2,000
How proceeds are disposed
of.
Assigned to Sulaiman-bin-
Suwailim, lately deceased,
who was Wali of Dhufar
and in recent years ot
Sobar also.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Assigned to the Wali of
Khasab.
Assigned to the officer o£
Manah.
Assigned to the Wali of
Nakhl.
Assigned to the Wali of
Nizwa.
Assigned to the Wali of
Quryat.
Retained by the Sultan.
Assigned to the Wali of Hisn
Samail.
Retained by the Sultan.
Assigned by the Sultan to
his eldest son Taimur.
• Remarks on the principles of succession to the Sultanate in 'Oman will be found in the Government of India'*
Foreign Proceedings for November 1898.
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