"الملف 35/85 IV A 11 التحكيم الخاص بمراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط" [و‎‎٧‎٤] (٤٩٢/١٤٣)

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My dear Shakespear
I am much obliged for your letter of
th August regarding the Suri Dhov-r-owners.
It gives practically all one \7ants for the identificatm
of the men and ihe information given you by Mahomed bin
Saeed is no doubt generally correct • In reading your
letter however the following points strike me :
(1) You mention that you cannot trace any of the items
under investigation in the previous lists except Salim bin
Bakhit , who is mentioned in the list of 1898. But " Ab-
^.dulla bin Saeed wad Subar((r Subair or Sabah? ) is evident
-ly the son or a kinsman of the tT Saeed b.in Abdullah bin Sufe^
-ar " shown in Sadler's list of 26th September 189ft^, as beg
being of the Jennebeh tribe and registered at Bodkeen in
Madagascar .
(2) ^Regarding the last named the proceedings in the case
in which he was run dowm by a B.I. Steamer in Muscat harbour
may be most useful and important . It occurred since 1892
and if the p'roceedings prove that he was then an Arab subjefc
and went to the Sultan for* redress he is not entitled , undp
the terms of the award , to fly the^fl^x^ Please do your
utmost to investigate this . The record , about 1898 , must
be on your files ; if not Mr Mahomed Fazl of the B.I Agents
oficce could*doubtless give you all particulars , or Mr
Cumming could from l\is records • v -
You might also verify the spelling and pronunciation of the
doubtful name Subah or Subair .
/i S There is no need to keep this correspondence D o 0 unless
you wish .