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according to the list furnished to me a few days ago. As a matter of fact
the details given in the list (as now supplied) are not sufficient for the
proper identification of the individuals, and I see in the list possibilities of
doubt and confusion in the matter of identity, for instance one of them
is quoted as “ Juma bin Saeed ” and his dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. the “ Fateh-el-Kbair ” and its
Nacoda “ Khalfan bin Ahmed” ; and, God knows, there may be 20 persons
in Soor of the name of “Juma bin Saeed ” or “ Khalfan bin Ahmed ” and
similarly there might be 20 dhows named the “ Eateh-el-Khair Until such
time therefore as the fullest inquiry can be made with regard to each person
named in the list, with opportunities for the production of witnesses and
documents I cannot admit that any single one of those mentioned is entitled
to French protection. Accordingly it has been necessary to inform you to
that effect.
The details which I require in regard to the claimants are as follows ;—
The individual's name, such as Mubarak (bin).
His father's name, ,, Salim (bin).
His grandfather's name, „ Mahomed.
His nickname, if any „ “ El Katheree ".
His clan or sub-tribe „ Fowaris.
His tribe „ Jennebeh.
That is Mubarak bin Salim bin Mahomed El Katheree Clan Fowaris, Tribe
Jennebeh. I beg you will obtain this information for me, and communicate
it to me.
Apart from the above request I note that among the individuals named
on this list whose names I recognise as belonging to persons whom I can
identify ( as claiming French protection) are included several persons long
since dead. How can the French Government include such in their list?
Those to whom I refer are three in number—
(1) Salim bin Mahomed A1 Badi (No 93 on French list).
(2) Seleem bm Thabet (No. 14 „ „ „).
(3) Ahmed bin Saeed (No. 22 „ „ „).
This is what had to be explained, and Salaam.
(Signed) FEISAL BIN TUKKI,
Sultan of Maskat,
Dated 14th Muharrum 1322.
Copy of a letter addressed by Major C. Fagan^ Folitical Agent at Maskat, to
the Resident in the Fersian Gulf, No. 31, dated 20th January 1898.
Paragraphs 1 to 4 inclusive refer to the two French protected slave dhows
captured by the Sphinx respectively named the Salama and the Saad
(videconnected correspondence).
(o) I am informed that it is quite a common thing for inhabitants of
Scor, the Batineh Coast, and other places in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. * * * * to
send their dhows down to French settlements and fraudulently represent that
they belong to inhabitants living in those places, thus obtaining French papers
and the right to fly the French Flag.
( 6 ) Tlle . following is a case in point. About two or three months ago
Abdul Mohsin, an inhabitant of the island of Keis (Persian Territory), made a
complaint to the Sultan of Maskat against one Yusuf bin Saeed of the Yal Saad
tribe, an inhabitant of Mesnaa, -Batineh Coast, to the effect that this indi
vidual was the Nacoda of complainant’s dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , and while serving in this capa-
city took the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. to Bookeyn (a port in Madagascar) and fraudulently
obtained French papers for the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , which he registered in the name oi Salim
bin Mahomed' al Radi, who was at the time living in French territory,
hut was originally a subject of the Sultan of Maskat. The complainant
repiesented also that the Nacoda has at the same time returned to Mesnaa on
the Batineh, and had beached the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. and put her up to auction.
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