'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎180r] (372/414)

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His Highness despatched a messenger to Sur to enquire
into the position, but later it was learnt that the reports
reaching Muscat were all exaggerated and that there was, in
fact, no tension between the tribes.
Shaikh Isa bin Saleh of the Sharqiyah died at Badiyah
in March and Mohammed bin Isa, his son, succeeded him.
His Highness the Sultan visited Sur twice during the
year and his visits were reported to be successful.
In February, news was received from Salalah that the
Bait al Mi shard, a small tribe living on the coast, who had
for some time been showing some opposition to the V/ali of
Dhofar finally capitulated.
His Highness the Sultan received an invitation from
Shaikh Sulaiman bin Hamiyar of the Jebel Akhdhar to send
a representative to the Jebel after Ramadhan. Saiyid Tariq
bin Taimur, half-brother of the Sultan, was despatched in
September and his visit to the Jebel was considered very
satisfactory.
His Highness received a letter from the American
Consul at Dhahran requesting him to pass on to Shaikh Sulaiman
bin Hamiyar of the Jebel Akhdhar a reply to a letter the
latter had written and forwarded through Dr. W.W. Thoms
of the American Mission Hospital at Mutrah, who v..kited
the Jebel as Shaikh Sulaiman 1 s guest. His Highness was
somewhat upset that Dr. Thoms should have allowed himselr
to act as a medium for correspondence .between one of the
Shaikhs of the interior and a foreign official.
(b) Local. The President of the Municipal Council,
Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur, requested the assistance of the
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in obtaining the services of a qualified
engineer to assist the Municipality in its efforts to
improve local amenities and to plan a Municipal Office to
be/erected at Mutrah. No one was willing to accept the
appointment till the end of the year, but efforts are
still being made to secure one from the General
Ismail bin Khalil Ar Rassassi, Chief v/ali and the
Wali of Mutrah, returned from leave in January with three ea-
chers for the Saidieh school from Palestine.
Captain Yamkanmardi arrived from India to take up
his duties as Medical Officer to His Highness the sultan.
Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur married the daughter of
Saiyid Nasir bin Hamud al Said of Rustaq in June.
Mudhaffar bin Sulaiman, the V /ali of Sohar, died in
m cvvar His sudden death at a comparatively youiig
S caused^ great s^ise, and appeared to consider
that he mlcht have been poisoned by a member o. the local
tribes amongst whom he had many enemies.
An American subject Mr. Donald W. Hennie, arrived
at Muscat in a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. from India in May after a somewhat
adventurous voyage during which he acted as a member of the
crew.
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