"ملف ٦٢/٨ III كبار شيوخ وقبائل عُمان." [و‎‎١‎٥] (٧٠/٢٩)

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to© Sultan^ but are not litoly .bia. oS'-auacefla^^ to the
proaent Iiawa* under -yhpsc inAuonco they fall* Thoir dlaaih^xh is
Itoud bin Raahid, arjcd about forty, and his control over thom scoiy
r ; :oocU lie visited the Sultan in 1943 and received Rs* 75Q/W*^~
Both the Iran and the Sultan have appointed uolis to cont:.rol
the tribes of Jala 1 an (the Boni bu Hassan and Beni Rasib).
I'inhirrtinniili bin KiuVniili bin tlic Inarms, and Salira bin Ilaniid the
Sultan's. The former lives at Balad Bu lirjssan anf 1 4,Kr ' Tn++^ ^4*
Kamil^ about twenty miles north. ^ Sf^eJJuL ^
The Bqui Hinah is a tribe of about one thousand strong
•rath porhaps five hundred rifles. They are aoraewhat scattered
but found mostly in Hajar in tlio Wadis Scumail and Giv^-fir. Their
cliief centre is Ntera in Oman proper, vdxllst sorx are settled in
the Batinah and in Amhirah* Their TonixJa is 4li bin liilrd. bin
Zahir, vrho has also boon appointed by the Imam as Wall of Rost ok*
He is about fifty, intellir;cnt and of f/.ood financial merj^s. The
tribe maintains a friendly attitude to./ords the Sultan and the
British, but they arc a treacherous people. They arc at feud v-ith
the Beni Glv^fir. Host aro occupied in cultivation and camel drivinc f
but a fex.v ongaf'Q in trade v.ith IXibai and Shrrjah.
El HIRTH (OR H/iRTIi).
Tho Hirth is an important tribe of the axjrqdyoh District
settled around Baldch al Harthi, and their capitcJ. Ibra* Some rjpo
also found on the Batinah noar Sib, Salih bin Isa. is tlxir Trxumoh#
He is also Tamimah of all the Hinr?.,is and probably, like his fathetf
the most influential s hrlkh in Oror.ru He is, at least outwardly,
c'n rood terms t;ith the Sultan, and the extent to '.doich the latter
Values his support can he judged by comparison of the rifts made to
bin in 1943 -with those to other Shaikhs r Srlih stayed rja tho
Sultan's ruost for tloroe months and received rifles and rjxounition
and Ra. 6,000/-. It is said that he enjoys oonploto perr.er, even
to passing sentonoes of death, over his own tribe raid all the
Hinavis.
Tho Hirth are intollirent and, besides the cultivation of
dates, cnwjo in trade, mostly vith Zansibrj?, in ghoo, fish, cotton
and rides. Their numbers after a decline soon to be increasin';; and
they are sproadina all over Sharqiyah. Their strcnb'th nvy be five
thousand with tro to three thousand rifles of as £ood quality as
can be found in Oman.
Salih has a nepherw Rhnr.d, son of his brother Mohv.inad ;;hc
was Tamimah before Salih on the death of their father Isa. /ihr.x.d , a
claim to suoooed his father failed, and ho is not on 300 & terms
■srith Salih, but lacks influence and tribal support generally. Tho
tribe is in alliance with all the Hi navi tribes, and at feud with
the Masaridtrahi Attitude to the British is yood, and Slxildi SrJLih
crils on the Consul at Muscat. He normally lives at Kr.bil (or
Qabil) a fqw' miles south of Muscat.
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