'Muscat-Omani relations' [‎91r] (191/412)

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tho^h that th^ P T !f S sc There is no doubt
ou , SOme bls S™ 6 afoot ' ^ not only have
the leading Sheikhs met at Kamil and sent a message to the'
w^ld r t- ve'dirort 1 "^ aS + ed me " the Eritish G^emment
tS^ ol^e ? actl ° n + t ° assis t should a certain event
/ Place. I was not to be caught so easily as that anH
asked what event he might be thinking of. B^t he roL^t
sa t , so replied that I must first know the proposition before
Sheikhs lYL*" interesti ^ to Low ti.t the
^ n J iave been > and perhaps are, contemplating & Z*
. - s .f proposal to the ~ritish Government. The m&etinr
tL ^t^ deal i-°«icial letter Ho.428-3762, dated
" ;" iro ^ 1 945, also proves that should they do so it
will probably be m connection with the distribution of sud-
plies over which there appears to be considerable ill f»elin^
shoSTVool I . h f ve info ™ed the Sultan, and suggested that he"
■ f . a . 1 n tne ^tter on his return to Muscat. It is.
m fact, essential that we should do so.
11. The eastern slope of the Jabal Akhdhar, which is vei-
ov ^ P t , WhlC V S covered with scrub jungle at the top, towers
er Jeneh and forms on wipassable barrier to the west. To
tinl C " S ., e "^, S0 ^ e va ^* e '' 13 botmded by fierce mountains. To
™e south it appears that the valley opens out, but I did not
so beyond Jeneh. I hope to do this later, for I have received
kind messages irorn the Imam telling me that he has informed"
t + il0 "f 115 that I to be assisted and honoured wherever
1 travel m Oman.
wvLv J+ ' e . retarn ed hy a valley west of the V/rdi Sumail from
J' 1 , separated by barren mountains. IVe passed the vil-
fl >®? 02 . • Jlr '8 a ) hob, Gaila, Furara and Lawal and came out again
r0ll ' ' e we passed a number of disused and
have 8 ^^™ 0hamel ? built of and lime. They may
snrincrs ' r:7 ' -zllen into disuse through the drj'ing up of the
f 0 ' cr through distruction by marauding tribes. From
or fn e-Z r0d t d0Wn ^ he V ' adi Khodh ' out into the plain and
abo-f • 1 +i Ti . ie y/a i d;L n Khodh has a fine perennial stream \7inding
m ne river bed, but much of the water seems to go to
waste/-