"ملف XXXVIII/٥ المجلد I صور: نوفمبر ١٩٢٨ - فبراير ١٩٣١" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٢] (٦٨٨/٣٩٠)

Note on situation in SUR, January 1930.
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I visited aUR between the dates 13th and 22nd
January where I stayed with Ji Ram the Agent of
Ahinyi Ramdas of Muscat and the leading Indian
Banyan merchant there> and also with the wali»Saiyid
ahahab bin Faisal a brother of the bultan, at Balad
es bUR about 2x miles inland.
The town of Maqrimatain on the west side of bur creek
is occupied by the Jenebeh and Aiqa on hsat side
chiefly by the Beni Bu Ali tribe (Wahabis). The Arama
and Fuaris sections of the Jenebeh are at Feud with
the Makhanna and Ohialin sections. The feud dates from
1913 and the split in the tribe has been sedulously
encouraged and fostered by Ali bin Abdullah*Sheikh of
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the Beni Bu Ali and self-styled Amir of Jaalan who has
championed the cause of the Makhanna and Grhiyalin xke!
sections of the Jenebeh. He lives at the headquarters
of his tribe at the village of Belad Beni Bu Ali
about 40 miles inland, and is represented at Aiqa by
a man
one Isa bin Muhammed/of no importance.
Security does not exist in SUR; no man leaves his
house v.ithout being armed even if it is only to cross
the street; nor aay a man visit a quarter of the town
other than his own except in company with some men of
his own faction escorted by a rabi'a* or guarantor
from the faction occupying the quarter he wants to
visit. There are no lights in the town and the people
are careful not to show a light at their windows at
night for fear of attracting rifle fire. Spasmodic
shooting at night witnesses to the constant alarm of
the inhabitants. The situation at Belad es SUR, though
similar, is very much less acute than that just
described in regard to SUR.
Very few customs dues are taken at SUR and these