"تقارير إدارية ١٩٠٥-١٩١٠" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٩] (٦١٦/٢٨٣)

g0 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY
His Highness the Sultan, in September, again sent his second son SaivM
o* ■ l * • Nadir to Semayil with two o -n^ ^
Small expedition against the Siabiyin. a t t i • QUe
^ brass from fort Jelah and the other
breech-loadiog one which was presented to him in 1905 by the French H*
had with him 30 Turkish soldiers of His Highness and 100 different tribesmen
from about Sib, which was used as the base for the operations and to which
Sir Saiyid Paisal himself paid a flying visit. The object of the expedition
was to cause the two small forts at Bidbid, which were built by Shaikh Seif.
bin-Mohsin, to be destroyed. When the Siabiyin heard of this expedition"
Shaikh Hamid-bin-4thim As Siabi and four followers left Nafah and went
to meet Saiyid Nadir in a friendly way at-Semayil. Saiyid Nadir, however
seized these men and held them as hostages, meanwhile ordering the Siabiyin
to raze the forts to the ground. This they did at once, and their Shaikh and
his followers were then liberated.
The late Wali Suleiman-bin-Suweylim built four forts near Zikki, two at
Karuth and two on Jabel Karun. These
Capture of Wo forts near Zikki by Bani Eiyam. were garrisoned by the Bani Euwahah
for His Highness the Sultan.
About 800 of the Bani Eiyam suddenly surprised the garrisons at Jabel
Karun, overpowered them, and captured the two forts. Shaikh Abdullah-
bin-Said El Khalili of the Bani Euwahah wrote offering His Highness to
proceed against the Bani Eiyam'—Bani Euwahah and Bani Kiyam being
hereditary enemies, and asked His Highness for supplies of food and monev.
His Highness accepted the offer and sent the supplies demanded and appointed
Muzzaffer-bin-Suleiman-bin-Suweylim as leader of the expedition. There
upon Shaikh Abdullah-bin-Said El Khalili refu ed ^co-operation, saying he
would never serve under the son of a slave, and the expedition ended in a
fiasco. Saiyid Nadir from Semayil attempted negotiations with the Bani
Eiyam but they also were devoid of result.
The Shaiks of the Siabiyin, Eahbiyin and Nidabiyin went to Sharkiyah
to see Shaikh Isa-bin-Saleh, to ask for
Shaikhs Of the Siabiyin and neighbouring t}ie protection of the Hinavi tribe against
tribes seek Shaikn Isa-bin-Saleh s protection i ^ T - r . , ji ex u •. c cl n d ' 1LJ ''«
against His Higimess. His HigJiness the Sultan, should the
latter proceed against them for not
having delivered up the murderers of the late Suleiman-bin-Suweylitn. Isa-
bin-Saleh promised them his support. The Sultan, however, had no idea of
equipping an expedition for that purpose.
Inter-tribal quarrels. —In April a quarrel arose between the two factions of
Bani Kahsib. -^ an ^ I^ahsib, a Ghafiri tribe of Jaalan,
three men were killed and five wounded.
Shaikh Saleh-bin-Yasir resigned the leadership of the tribe as the quarrel
arose over his suitability for the post. This temporarily caused the hostilities
to cease.
Two months later, however, a fresh quarrel arose in which six men were
killed. Shaikh Saleh then committed suicide by shooting himself. Shaikh
Abdullah-bin-Salim, the Amir of the Bani Bu AH, then seized and imprisoned
15 men of the Bani Eahsib and arranged a lasting peace among the tribe.
In May, two factions of the Jennebeh, at Sur—the Fawaris and the
Jennebeh. Arama—fought among themselves, k
Bania Seth Jeiram Kesowji was accident
ally wounded in the arm by a stray bullet. The Shaikhs of the Jennebeh com
pensated him by a payment of Es. 300 with the sanction of the Political Agent,
who visited Sur for the purpose of investigating the matter.
His Highness the Sultan wrote to the Shaikhs of Jennebeh ordering the
two sections to make peace. The Shaikhs uf the Fawaris then came to Maskat
to see His Highness asking him to decide their quarrel with the Arama. They
accused Shaikh Said-bin-Sultan the Tamimah uf the Jennebeh of unduly
favouring the Arama. The Sultan then sent Hamid-bin-Hamad to Sur in
his yacht, the Nur-ul-JBahr, with written terms of peace which were accepted
by both the sections.
and 1 Ba U nT ahah 0wing to tlle old M 0 o d -feuds existing between these tribes, fighting
Eiyam, frequently took place between them during the year, in the neighbourhood of