'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [‎180r] (370/558)

No* ' ' ^ of 1920.
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The 16th June 1920.
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Muscat.
The Deputy Political Hesideht,
Bushire.
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Sir,
^ith reference to the recent Hazm affair, I have the
honour to report the following slavery case in which the
sheikh of Bareimi seems to he implicated. The case has taken
& considerable time to investigate,
>t the end of March Sib eel "bin Abdullah a Baluch
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complained eight of his relatives Baluches had been captured
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from 61os« to Barkah by seven men also Baluches and
taken to Bareimi presumably to be sold as slaves. Three of
the slave dealers were from Mekran and one^/the three Nur
Mohtomed is said to be required for a murder case.
The ^azir at once deputed Ahmed bin Ibrahim and the
Wali of Xarkah to follow up the men. At Saham they heard
that the eight captives had been sold in Bareimi for 6500/-
dollars, one to Rashid bin Hamdan Al- Naimi, one to Abud
Baluoh, one to an Arab who lives near Abud, one to Jemadar
Baluch, one to Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Hilal Al-Ihahri, and
two to the latter!s sister, all residents of Bareimi, and
tHe first presumably a relative of the SheiKa's.
The slave dealers heard that the Sultan's men were
at the looU out, and the three Mekranis made for Rostaq where
they sought protection of Hasir bin Rashid Al -Kharusi.In
this connection please refer to the previous reports on the
Hazm incident. The other four were captured at Odam and wer-
imprisoned in the fort. The proof against them was very
va^ue however and they were released on heavy security.