"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎١‎١‎٣] (٣٠٨/٢٣٦)

Since tne time Mahomed bin Baser started to
assert his authority.relations between the Amirs
and the Sultan have undergone a change. In 1920
the Wazir cut tne allowances paid to the Bani Bn
Ali through misdirected economy' but Mr Wingate
restored them.
In 1925 # the Amirs sent a petition to Guvernmen
claiming that the port of Sur belonged to them and
that the Sultan had nothin^ to do with the said
port; that the Sultan did not supply them with armc
and ammunition according to agreement and asking that
. they might enter into direct relations with the
Government of India. Government replied that they
were unable to intervene on their behalf.
" This claim to independence on tne part of tne
Amirs of Jaalan appears to be based on the compact
entered into by the Wahabi Sheikh on his invasion
of Oman when certain Sheikhs
jfaKaxo^xAhBocaasiodtoxAii. were constituted Ameers
or territorial lords in their own right. without any
dependence on Muscat. (B.G. Records XXIV p.4d.)
In 1924 , Mahomed bin Baser informed Major Hind*
that he was authorized by the Muscat Government to
settle all disputes in Sur and had succeeded m
•41 t!-» (occention of Khamis bin Mubarak
doing so with the eji-cc^ciou
x • ~ 'EVnn the records of the
of the Aroma section. 5rom tne reu
Council of Ministers it appears that Mahomed bin
Baser wrote to the Sultan in March 1924 offering
to effect a settlement between the Jenebeh sections
The Sultan replied permitting him to interfere
during the Salifah period,but after thid period
he was:'.not to interfere in anything.