"ملف XVII/١القواعد البحرية في الخليج. مراسلات بخصوص ما ورد أعلاه - تقرير كتبه الوكيل السياسي في مسقط بشأن حدود السلطة القضائية للسلطان في شمال عُمان" [ظ‎‎١‎٩] (٩٦/٣٨)

“ ~ They are simply called "Kumazireh” because their
chief village is ”Kumzar M . They speak a dialect
Kumzar their own which is unintelligible to the ordiu
,nary Arab, but as it appears to contain a good
many words of a semi-Persian or Balooch form, it
seems probable that they are immigrants from the
opposite shore of the Gulf. As is natural however
their numbers have proved too insignifieaht to
allow them to maintain their independence and
individuality and they have blended with practi^-^
A
ally become absorbed by the bhihooh.
It was one of these Kumzar^ villagers who was the-
fortunate finder of the valuable pearl which i or
two years past has been as an apple of discord
in the Gulf, and. in these connections as is known
to you the right of H.H. the Sultan, as sovereign
of the soil or of the finder of the gem, to a shf
share of the sale proceeds, was recognized and
determined by the court of arbitrators .
/ c Prom Khasab to Bokha the country is exclu-
sively Shihooh and one of the two principle shaiv
whose influence predominates over this portion,
Ali bin Mahomed divides his time between Bokha, >
Kada (an offshoot)of Khasab), and Muscat. He is
we 11 known and respected in Muscat as he is a man
of influence and learning and is personally
known to me.
Bokha.
(continued)
Pudar
Ghamtha
Tibba.
Shuarn.
Between Bokha and Ras el Khyma come the
villages of Fudar, Ghamtha, libba and Shu-
Q1 , These are also looked upon as Shihooh
but from Bokha southwards and
villages, -
in the hills in the vicinity of Has el
Khyma itself, owing to the circumstances
of their situation the sections of Shi
hooh residing there acknowledge the jur
isdiction of and probably pay tribute to