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that lie may oppose an agreement In rellgioua grounda, but
if the two sheikhe are in favour of it he will come into
line. Hi is brother ShelV:h Nasir is an able man,
(3) Sheikh lea bin Sa li h al Harithi
The head of the Hinawi section of the Omanis
and an extremely able and intelligent man, who has male the
revolution anl ita eucoesa. He haa given hie worl that he
wishes a settlement and that we should help in it. He is
peculiarly hard hit by the impriacmiaent ol hi a near relativ*5
by the Bultan^and by tha fact th t he and his tribe (the
Kurkt Hurth) are cut off from access to Zanzibar mnere
they have many relatives and much property* lie tempera his
religion with knowledge of the world, but h© Is unlikely
aver to break with the Imaia or to go back on his word. His
influence will undoubtedly be exercised in favour of a
settlement on the lines proposed.
( 4 ) S heikh Hamyar bin Kasir al Nabhani
powerful and influential man but without one tenth of the
ability or worldly knowledge of Sheikh laa. There have been
rumoura lately that he had become jealous of Iea f s power
and was playing on the religious bigotry of the Imam to
render a meeting or an agreement abortive. This though
alw^ya a possibility among Arabe^ is unlikely as the
triumvirate have ahown no aign of splitting yet. He auffera
aeverely aa the owner of Jabal Akhdhar by the penal zakat
of 35^ on pomegranatea.
r. S heikh Sa./id bin Nasir al Kind!
The greatest religetKms Jurist of the Abedhi sect,
resident within the Jurisdiction of the Sultan close to
Mattrah. The influence of t&is man, as a religious and
learned man is supreme in Oman^being in this respect greater
where the Imam and Sheikhs of Oman are at present aaaembledfe
The heal fef the Ghafiri section. He is a very
than the Imam's. This man has been sent