"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎٨‎٧] (٣٠٨/١٨٤)

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the incident forgotten as rapidly as the promises
made to former Suit ns on their visits there. Beyond
lowing a fe" , ’ T fines and possihly destroying a certain
amount of property,the.result obtained is meagre.
It tends to make British Herchants at Sur more
unpopular than ever with their customers and forces
them eventually to seek their means of livelihood
elsewhere.
I may mention that although naval action against
he .Tens boh is easy, such action against the BaniyBu Adi
woirSLd present a more difficult pro Diem.
In 1^29 1 the Resident T,r ent to Sur,accompanied by H.H.
the Sultan, t^o frigates am a squadron, to/i-ecover
property ^Sprth eight lakhs which the BAni Bu Ali had
plundered o^f the S.S.Oscar which ram ashore on that
coast. It w&Sl remarked at the yuae. ’’Finding that,
this chief and \ribe , in . consequence of their re-.i-
-ding in the intenLor grere ^iolly u.ntangibl: b;
naval means alone, th^Bri^ish authority conceived it
useless to attempt forehand therefore endeavoured to
create such an impresVio*} Vi the minds of the inhab-
-itants of this dangerous cowBt as would be linely to-
prove highly beneficial to any J^ritis.i s i ~.— cxiav -*.•
''civ '* 1 e mistosfunc to suiiei' a ssmilar accident*♦
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si:aila/accident befel the S.S.CenWr wuich.in
1852 ,ra/ashore near Ras el Hadd. The Bu All
ulundfed the whole of her cargo valued atVo or 11
,nd destroyed the vessfti.
(3. a . Se lect ions XXIV. p * )
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