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'File 8/62 III PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES of OMAN.' [17r] (33/70)
The record is made up of 1 file (33 folios). It was created in 12 Jul 1950-20 Dec 1950. It was written in English. 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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Tbs tribe naiufcaifts friendly relations vitb: the Sultcua* and is ¥ell
disposed to the British* It -k.illp he^'ervor^ probably cutroys support
the Inm # and a sucoossor independent of the Sultan#
BENI J^IR,
The Boni Jabir live - in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
to Trhioh they ^ivc their
none# Their capital is a village in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
called El Gailo*
Other settlorAcnts are at Hil and Sai^a# If their population \ras
over so great aa oloined by Milos and Lorincr, they oust have boa.x3e
nuioh depleted through cholorr. and pla^gue and riig^ation in recent
years, for nowhere can it bo learnt that their numbers cKooed throe
thousand or thoir rifles one thousand#
The people are said to bo normally peaceful and intelligent
especially in religious natters# They arc at foud with the Boni
Buwahah and, as Ghafiris, allied to Suleiman bin Haxyar* Thoir own
Tcmimali is Mohamad bin Eosliid bin Harib, aged about fifty five,
living in EL GaJJLa^ He visited the Sultan in 1948 and received
about Kso 500 /**
The tribe is occupied in date cultivation and in re ".ring
and driving donkeys# Some arc traders. They maintain a friendly
attitude to the Sultan and the British#
EL Jmsiiu
The tribe may be divided by locati n into throe ports^
(i) around Ldan (Sharqdyah), about four hundred# Mainly
bedouins, wild and robbers, engaged in oaxid driving#
(ii) around Sur, about eight thous uid# Those arc
oiviliaod and, of recent yeans, peace able# formerly they
indulged in piracy and slaving, and occasionally slaves
have ©soaped and presented themselves for manumission a.t
the Consulate a.t Muscat, the last in July 1 95 O* Many of
those ,, Suris ,, ovm dhows, and a.t present they have about
□no hundred and fifty engaged in tra.de between Africa.,
Zanzibar and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as far as Basra# Their
craft is built locally and is known as a ,, sambak%
somewhat sroallor than the Kirr;aiti ,r boom H #
(iii) Masirah, about six hundred, migratory and engaged
maardy in fishing, but these and other dotajohr 4 x>nts on the
Jala*an coast and towards Ihofar, ere known to bo both
robbers and wreckers#
TTie total of the tribe is about ten thousand and they must
own about two thousand five hundred rifles^, those of the Suris
being of the boat quality. They are at foud with the Beni bu Hasson
and alld-od to the Hishm, Bani bu Ali and Bani Rrsib.
^Their Taoinah, Yasir bin Hamud a;l M ja’ajy, aged about
lives at Adam# He visited the Sultan in 1 948 and in December
1949 v receiving about Hs. 250/- on each occasion# He is himself
troll off, with some good date gardens#
Apart from their thieving tendonoi; s, their attitude is
fricndljp chough the Sultan appears to have little control over them#
EL KAHIIR #
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This file concerns the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman. The bulk of the file consists of an account by the 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. and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (ff 9-33), which provides written summaries of each of the main tribes and tables with further details including principal settlements, estimated population, and estimated number of rifles.
The correspondence, which mainly consists of letters from the 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. to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bahrain, discusses rumours that the Imam of Oman, during a spell of ill health in 1948, recommended his successor to an assembled group of leading tribal chiefs. Also discussed is the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] attempts to obtain the allegiance of the Omani tribal leaders, and his hope of persuading them to discard the Imamate altogether when the present Imam dies.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- 'File 8/62 III PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES of OMAN.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:34v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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