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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [21r] (55/426)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1930-31 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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authority of the Muscat State at that port,
In order to nake this despatch self-contained
I would venture to siuvaarise briefly the situation at Sur
as it has existed for some years past, Sur is a well
built town of some 10,000 inhabitants situated on the
coast about 93 miles south of Muscat. At the back of the
town is a large creek, the entrance to wiuch is a very
narrow channel to the South of the town. On the opposite
side of the entrance is the small hamlet of Aiqa. Sur is
entirely peopled by Arabs of ths Jennebeh tribe, while
Aiqa belongs to the Baal Bu All. fhcre is a long-standing
blood feud between the Bani Bu Ali and the Jeanebeb, but
the Jennebeh who coneist of four sections — the Arsxna, the
Fuwarie, the iaakhanneh and the Ghialin-are also divided
among themselves, and since 1913 there has been a blood
feud between the Arama and the Fuwaris on the one hand
and the ^akhanneh and the Ghlalin on the other. Affrays
^ive taken place between the two contending parties; a
number of lives have been lost and Sur is at present an
armed camp in which no man stirs abroad without a rifle
and a dagger. The Jennebeh are largely a sea-faring
tribe and possess some 60 lar^e dhows and amny smaller
craft, y 'fhe former leave Sur about the middle of August
and proceed to Basrah where they load with dates which
they sell either in India or in Aden and from India some
of the dhows proceed to “mst Africa whence they bring
cargoes of timber^ etc.,while others bring Indian merchan
dise such as rice, piece-goods etc.,direct to Sur. The
voyages generally last from the middle of August to about
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Correspondence relating to the Amir of Ja'alan and the collection of customs at Sur. Letters discuss the strategy for enforcing customs collection in Sur and the visit in HMS Penzance of Heir Apparent, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers in order to re-establish Sultanate authority in Sur. Correspondence discusses the constraints on the actual use of British naval power and the preferred use of the Muscat Levies as well as possible use of air power. Includes a hand-drawn map of Sur (folio 87) with discussion of the tribal divisions in the town and of the village of Aiqa inhabited by the Bani Bu Ali.
Correspondents include Air Headquarters, Iraq Command, Hinaidi; Air Ministry, London;Trenchard Craven W. Fowle and Reginald George Alban, 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. , Muscat; Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Foreign Secretary, Government of India; Stuart Edwin Hedgecock, Financial Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Muscat; Saif bin Ali bin Saif [Saif bin ‘Alī bin Saif], Wali of Sur; Iskander, Director-General of Customs, Muscat; 'the people of Aiqa'; Ali bin Abdullah Al Hamudah [‘Alī bin Abdullāh al-Ḥamūdah], Amir of Ja'alan.
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- 1 volume (203 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio.
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- 'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.'
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- front, front-i, 1br:1dv, i-r:i-v, 1er:1ev, 3r:10v, 11ar:11bv, 12r:13v, 14ar:14bv, 15r:35v, 36ar:36bv, 37r:73v, 81v:86v, 88r:88v, 89v, 90ar:90bv, 91r:116v, 119v:173v, 174v, 176v:182v, 183v:203v, back-i, back
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