"ملف XVII/١القواعد البحرية في الخليج. مراسلات بخصوص ما ورد أعلاه - تقرير كتبه الوكيل السياسي في مسقط بشأن حدود السلطة القضائية للسلطان في شمال عُمان" [و‎‎٤‎٢] (٩٦/٨٤)

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gardens in Dibba,Klior Fakan,or Khasab^or export, dates in any =-
considerable quantity from those places p become liable for
the customary duty collected therein.
Khasab itself is a fine village with extensive date planta
tions and an abundance of fresh water,to which it owes its
Prosperity and popularity. Like Kumzar it is a permanent
centre of the Shihooh and Kumazireh tribes. The Sultan's
Wali,Kalid bin Sanai,appointed about 13 years ago at the in
vitation of the Shihooh elders for the purpose of assisting
them in keeping order among the heterogeneous migratory po
pulation, is a quiet venerable old man of about 60. Accord
ing to information given me by his son,the Wali does not re
ceive any regular salary from Muscat but in lieu thereof
makes what income he can from the duty which he is able to
collect on the date produce and export.
The amount collected must depend in a great measure on the
good-will of the traders,as the Wali is not in a position to
enforce his demands,but according to present information the
sum realized varies from 300 dollars to 600 dollars per an
num. Khalid bin Sanai’s functions are mainly of a Consular
nature,in’connection with the floating population. With the
permanent community of Shihooh he has^little or no concern,
their affairs being managed by their^elders.
IS. A little westward from Khasab lie the offshoot ham.
lets of Kadda and Mookhi;thence after
KHASAE to .TIBBA.
rounding Cape Ras-esh-Shaikh-Masaood
the coast-line turns southwards to-
wards the Pirate Coast. From this point as far as Tibba the
mountain range runs close to the sea.as it does on the east
ern shore of the promontory;but at the basfs of some of tie
deeper re-entrants lie sandy coves where sweet water is
found below the surface,and these coves are occupied . spec
tively by the Shihooh villages of Jirri, Jadi.Eokha.Fuda
(or Fazghah),Ghamtha and Tibba,the c icf S alkh
Mahomed bin Suleiman of the Peni Hadiyeh section.
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