"ملف XXXVIII/٥ المجلد I صور: نوفمبر ١٩٢٨ - فبراير ١٩٣١" [و‎‎٥‎٧] (٦٨٨/١٢٠)

Extract from newspaper ’’Palestine” -o.7*5 uc^ted ^CtK
jawadi I. 1347 ( l<t- «- 71 % ) published in Jaffa. Keceived £•?/j
•in Lius cat on the 19th December 1928.
Suzerainty of I’uscat and Oman
Pasture for trouble and disturbance and School for Imperialism.
have published in the month of lishrin al Thani(AVw-A )
the text of the speech which was delivered in the name of the
British Government by Sir Robert Holland in the gathering which
was arranged for the farewell of ,r .H. Sultan Taimur bin Faisal
after visiting the British country. It was said m the
speech
"That many departmental reforms had been made in the
suzerainty of Kuscat and Oman, the Customs departments have
been put in order, roads have been reconstructed, schools
have been opened, a large programme has been made for public
works,'and that the financial position of the country has been
laid down on a strong foundation with the help of a British
Adviser that is J r. iciias
Afterwards we have seen letters which had been sent by
one of the notables of ruscat to his friend in Palestine and
discovered that the condition was not as stated by Sir
Holland in his speech. The soldiers in the forts at Snail,
Jlezva, Azki, ITakhal and Rustaq. have rebelled against their
Government and have reinforced their troops b^another tribe ■
called Beni Ruwaihah. "he reasor^f their revolt was that their
Imam, Huhamuid bin Abdullah al Rhalili, intended to replace
them by some other people. They were annoyed with’him and at
last came to a conclusion to leave at his post as Imam on
condition that his uaily allowance should be 5 dollars and
his power should be limited to religious affairs. Other
affairs should be transferred to two persons who were disputii
the imam's authority since olden days and they are Sheikh
ruhammad bin Isa al "arithi who was appointed as "Tali and ^
Sheikh T'uhonmad Said bin Jtasir al Fundi who was appointed