'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [‎115r] (247/426)

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correspondence from Mie Highness the Sultan and the Council
of His Ministers on the subject of the opposition of the said
Shaikh who is one of the Sultan’s subjects and who claims
things which neither his grand fathers nor he himself had
enjoyed before, etc.)*
I sent him a reply to the effect that I proposed to
visit our in a short while and that i wished him to come to
Sur then.
I left Muscat the second time (as already mentioned)
and on my arrival at Sur this time I found the new Custom
House progressing as desired and all in order. 1 ordered
their boats to be numbered and this was accordingly done.
I also appointed a new Shaikh over th e Janabeh tribes.
Two days after my arrival, the Shaikh of aani jbu Ali,
Ali bin Abdullah, arrived at Sur and called on me. He
discussed with me all matters which he had already discussed
with the Sultan and the non’ble the Political Kesident.
As you are aware the village of Aiqa which is a part
of Sur and in which are living some of Hani Hu Ali is not
taxed with any sort of Customs Fees by the Muscat State
at present - unlike the j^st - since four years ago, and this
is of course for reasons which previous correspondence will
explain to you. if you refer to H.H. tne Sultan’s letter
dated 25th Rajab 1348 (27th December 1929) you will come to
know about the transgressions of the Shaikh of Hani ±5u Ali.
"With regard to tne flagstaff which was formerly
installed by them, it has been removed and this was really
done after the Kesident had notified the Shaikh of the Hani
J3u Ali to remove it.
V/hat remains for the Sultan’s Government to do now is
to le vy ta xes on Aiqa and introduce other reforms.
The Shaikh of the Bani Bu Ali in the course of his
conversation with me claimed an allowance of # 500 per
mensem, that a Custom n.ouse be established at Aiqa and that