"ملف XXXVIII/٥ المجلد I صور: نوفمبر ١٩٢٨ - فبراير ١٩٣١" [و‎‎٢‎٤‎٩] (٦٨٨/٥٠٤)

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nave exercised- to certain dues on diiows maJcing use of
the harbour. In addition they also indulge in mischievous
intrigues in 3UR*
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THK JliiiSBhH . 3UR is occupied by certain elements
of the JSiiEBEH, as AIQ^A just oppoeite is occupied by
certain elements of tne BAHI BU AH* The Jenebeh it may
oe noted ?.ro also a strong tribal confederation in the
interior. The Sur Jenebeh in pre-war years were apparently
more or less united- as far as any Arab tribe can be said
to be united, and thus to some extent at all events formed
an opposition against the interference oi the Bani Bu Ali
in bur. In 1913 a blood feud started, which h^.s continued
since, dividing the four sections of the tribe inhaoiting
bur into two factions (a) AhAhA and iTOAKlS versus
(b) juuOiAjaA and (iiUAiJLn. The Bani hu Ali have taxen
advantage of this split to secure the allience of (b).
5 . Attitude of the tribes . Practically all the Oman
tribes belong to two main divisions: GHA^IKI and ftiAhAttl.
The Bani Bu Ali and the Jenebeh belong to the former,
while the tribes of the IMAM and ISA Blh SAI&H for
instance belong to the latter. There is apparently not
much love lost, however, between the aur jenebeh and the
Bani Bu Ali* The former do not join in tne latter’s claim
of independence# and admit that they are under the Muscat
State. This admission need not be taxen as snowing a
fervent loyalty but at any rate places them in a somewhat
different category to the Bani Bu Ali.
6. gu scat I nfa ntry for Bur . I am not prepared for the
moment after such a short time in Ku8cat ; to suggest any
definite line of policy with regard to Sur# though I hope
to do so after a further study of the situation. I am#
however, definitely ruid strongly against tne proposal to
send a large force of Muscat Infantry to sur unless the
situation there alters very much for the worse# and until
all other methods have been tried without success. The