"الخلافة في مسقط" [و‎‎٨] (٢٤/١٥)

(Enclosure 3)
Saiyid Hamad bin ffaisal #
Born , 1893 #
Appearance s He is tall and thin of light complexion with a
medium length bearda
Helationshi o* He is a half uncle of the Sultan being the
half brother of Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal. His mother was an
Arab.
Biographical Note . He is a well educated man and was Wali of Ipj
Sohar from 19<il to 1931, During the time that he was ruling
the Wilayat of Sohar he objected to control from Muscat and
disregarded the instructions to'f the Sultan, While he was a
progressive Governor he was unfortunately an oppressive one
and consequently was unpopular. Complaints regarding his
rule were made to the Council from time to time but it wrs
not until 1931 that the present ruler went himself to Sohar
and relieved Saiyid Hamad of his appointment. He was appointee |j
Wali of Matrah in the same year and in 1933 became a member
of the Council of Ministers, In 1935 he was relieved of his
appointment as Governor of Matrah owing to his illtreatment
of the people and his neglect of duty. In 1937 he accompaniec
the Sultan to India on his official visit to His Excellency
i
the Viceroy, and later in the year was reinstated as i./ali of
katrah. His second term of office in this appointment did
removed
not last very long for in Karach 1939 he wasagain^for the
same reasons as in 1937, He has been unemployed for the last
18 months and lives in retirement in Muscrt town. He seldom
appears on official occasions and is not presona grata with
the Sultan, He has recently been engaged in correspondence
with Sheixh Isa bin Saleh of the bharqiyah and there is doubt
about his present attitude towards His Majesty's Government,