مجموعة ٢٠/١٠ "مسقط: حدود (مسقط-عدن) الجنوبية الغربية: نطاقات مسؤولية السلطات الجوية في العراق وعدن" [و‎‎٥‎٤] (٢٠٠/١٠٧)

of the Protectorate. It is possible that he was
suspicious of questioning and was not anxious to
give a direct answer. 1 informed him of the relin
quishing of Renjara and the establishment of a
station at Bahrein. I discussed the question of
Seihut with him and referred to the obstruction that
i/jt. Ingrams had found to his onward Journey when
touring the Hadhramaut. The Sultan stated that he
had heard that Mr. Ingrams had been touring but that
he had no knowledge of any resistance having been
offered to him within the Qishn boundary. I gathered
that the Sultan considered that he had complete
control up to the western boundary of his State and
that the neighbouring people round Seihut and the
town itself were not rebellious to his authority.
He proposed to make enquiries as soon as possible
with regard to Mr. Ingrams* incident and I feel that
any suggestion of handing this area to the Sultan
of Mukalla would be badly received. With the excep
tion of a request to have his stipend paid annually,
the Sultan had no other request to make.
4. In order to overcome the natural suspicion
that the backward people most naturally have to
foreigners, I suggest that if possible a Political
Officer be sent to the Island for at least a month
during the next winter. The people in the hills are
so unaccustomed to Europeans that they immediately
run away at the sight of one, and I do not think that
we shall be able to assist these people unless more
contact is established between us and them.
5. We arrived at Qishn on 7th April and inter
viewed Sultan Khalifa bin Abdullah, the brother of
the