"ملف XXXVIII/٤ قصف صور. أكتوبر - نوفمبر ١٩٢٨". [و‎‎١‎٣‎٧] (٣٦٨/٢٨٤)

The Ghlalin and the Fuwaria are ooz&par&tlrely
uniiaport&nt but the former hare Joined with the hakhannah
and the latter with the Aramah*
The Amirs of Jaalan in their bid for independ*
-anoe and the control of Bur and its hinterland have
suoceeded in winning over the Vakhanah and the Ghialin.
Thus the Ar&mah and the ?u«&ria are isolated and the
Joneheh as a tribe fail to produce the balance of power
which has hitherto made it possible for the sultan's
weak Government to rule.
§• bur is built on the two sides of an inlet of
the sea with a channel to the ocean.
The Bu All axidui live on one side and the
J&nebeh on the other* while the Sultan's Wall's fort is
a few miles in the lnterlor» where the water supply
exists.
7. The rival sections of the Jenebeh have built
forts facing each other and this question has caused
considerable fighting between the two parties of the
same tribe, a matter which drew me to ttur a year ago.
The Joining of the Kakhanah and the Ohlalln
with the Bu ill will give the latter a footing on the
Jenebeh side of the town upart from giving them a con*
in
•aidarable preponderance ml numbers •
a. In August 1927. tfr. Thomas* the -vasir, went
down to liur. His official objects ware to recover a
sum of 84 lakhs of rupees due to Khan Bahadur Naslb, the
naval ooal contractor and an Important merchant of
luacatf and to Induce the tribes to demolish the forts,
which were making for fighting and bloodshed«
Be came to the conclusion that the \rasaah
seotlon were responsible for the opposition to a settle-
-ment and accordingly to punish them forfeited a dhow
of thetr section and proceeded to tow it away. The