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tvas released in 1924. Meeting an armed slave of the murdered sheikh on the
outskirts of Sur, he decided the man had been detailed to kill him and fired
and killed the slave. This started indiscrim'nate firing between the sections
in which an Arama boy was killed. The Fuwaris then took a hand and seized
a water donkey belongmir to the Arama and a struggle ensued in which an
Arama girl was killed. The W r ali was able to use the Eamzan fast for arrang
ing a 45 days armistice.
41. About this time (1924) Mahomed bin Naser, Amir of the Bani bu Ali
started to take an interest in the affairs of the Jenebeh, having formed an
alliance with Mansur bin Naser Jenebeh Sheikh of Masirah, and won over the
Makhanah and A1 Ghialin sections in Sur—the weaker party in the feud among
the Jeneb h—to acknowledge his aut'eority.
42. In 1925, Sheikh Mansur bin Naser went to Sur, informed the Hindu
community that there was no Sultan's Government in 8ur and that they were
to look to him for justice. He tried to form a committee of leading men for
the administration of justice as the local wali had been found incapable. The
. * J 2; Hindus that he was powerless and that they should inform the
British Government.
43. In 1927 Sheikh Mansur bin Naser of Masirah (mentioned above)
accompanied by Hamdan bin Naser and Salim bin Naser, brother of Mahomed
^ Ali stayed at Mecca for three months as the guests of
His Ma]esty Ibn Saud. Mansur* bin Naser die! of small pox on the return
journey. ■
APPENDIX III.
Summary op recent events in Sur.
In 1927, the Arama and Makhana sections of the Jenebeh each built three
new torts in their quarters against the orders of the Wali.
Z. In August 1927, Mr. Thomas, Minsiter of Finance went to Sur As it
transpires afterwards, one of his objects was to arrange for a journey which he
proposed making overland from Sur to Dhofar for which he required the
assistance of the Banibu Ah. He attempted to induce the Jenebeh to pay
® ld * hs of ™Pees which they owe Khan Bahadur Nasib and Ali Musa Khan
merchants of Muscat, and tried to induce them to pull down the forts which
they had built. It appeared to Mr. Thomas that the opposition to this came
mainly from the Arama section and on leaving Sur, in the A1 Saeed, he tookin
tow an Arama sambuk lying m the harbour, whereupon the A1 Saeed was
fired on by the Arama section.
3. The Council of Ministers fined the Arama section Es. 10,000 and
ordered the destruction of their three torts but they hare not been able to
doing so S 10 the :British ^""aent to assist them in
1928.
,, A 4 - . 0n t . h , e L 1 ^ th . A P ril > the Council of Ministers receired information that
the Amirs ofthe Bam bu Ah had established a customs port at Aiqa. Their
customs officer wrote to the state customs official a(f Sur demanding refund of
Banfbulfi adleVied0n a ^ Which tbe - v belong to the
5. The Amirs refused to furnish any explanation reffardiW ^
post to Saiyid Shahab, brother of His Highness and Sheikh Eashid Minister
of Shara who had gone to Sur to investigate the recent trouble there '
6. The Amirs are stated to have stopped a boat of the Arama section from
entering the creek whereupon Sheikh Yaser al Majaala, who has onW reeentlv
from entering 1 th^creek Jenebeh ' a AJiS
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