"ملف XXXVIII/٥ المجلد I صور: نوفمبر ١٩٢٨ - فبراير ١٩٣١" [و‎‎٣‎٠‎٤] (٦٨٨/٦١٤)

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7* One of the earliest on record «aa In 1366 when, on the
Jenebeh haTln^ plundered British subjects, and having
refused to pay the compensation of $ 27,700 H*K*3."Highflier"
bombarded the town, and burnt or confiscated its dhows* (For
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this and the following incidents, as well as for other
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Ji/xj 3JL useful information about Sur see I ajor . urphy*s Report on
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3ur dated the 10th October 1923)* In 1375 a god own of a
British Indian subject was looted by a section of Jenebeh,
but it was not until two years later that the Political
Agent, j usc&t, was authorised to appear off the town in
H*X*S« "Teaser" and demand compensation which was paid* In
1918 H«H»Jultan visited 3ur, fined the Jenebeh Hs*14,000
and imprisoned 26 Sheikhs* In 1919 the iuscat Customs were
reorganised, but the inhabitants of Sur refused to allow
the new Customs House to be built, and In 1920 Captain
McCollum - the then azxr • visited Sur in H*M*3* H Britomart"*
The Jsnebeh agreed to accept the new arrangements, but
smuggling soon began again and the new Customs House was not
built* In 1923 , the authority of the Council having been
openly flouted. Captain Alban, then in command of the Muscat
levy Corps, In company with SheiJch zubair the Minister of
Justice, proceeded to Sur in the "A1 said!" with three
machine guns and 150 levies* Blood feuds were composed by
sheikh Zubair, jt 6,400 Customs dues were recovered from the
merchants, a fins of j£ 4,000 was taken from the Jenebeh,
and a site for the Customs House selected* This energetic
domiciliary visit would seemi to have achieved complete
success* Yet the Customs House remained unbuilt, and before
long quarrels amongst the Jenebeh started once more* In
1927 Mr* Thomas, who was then azlr, proceeded to Sur in
the "Al Said!" to induce the Jenebeh to pay up 2& laichs
which they owed to iC*B*Hassib and other merchants in zuscat,
and to demolish forts which the Jenebeh had built contrary
to the orders of the Council* Neither were the debts paid,
nor the forts demolished, and on leaving Sur with a captured
Jenebeh dhow in tow the "Al Saidl" was fired on* The