‘File No XXVIII/12 Khasab Visit of H.M.S. “Ormonde and Bombardment from 20-12-29 to 28-5-30.’ [‎88r] (175/322)

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Both are men of atreotsth and otanding in their tribe* uoth.
are limited in outlooic fanatical* Jbotb are auibitioua*
^heilch iifc. en bill Muha iu ad of ia a mvi of about 32
he vily built - rVuther bo^oriah stupid in comreraation but
resolute in action* he succeeded hxm wiser uncle ha*id bln
tfulaiiaan aoim to it years a£© and from the firnt ahowed himself
vain arid independent* ;li.de a practice of not sailing on H*.'i*
ships and when tiie hultun >yp.id p. virji t to Kfcaaab two years ago
did not come off to Uie ship and titen delayed an hour before
coming to amke his ©all at the fort* 7 b.cn aoiyld be* id the
present ^resident of tne Council came on visit in the early
part of this year the Sheikh did not bother to coxae and pay
hxs respects to all* sheikh Hasan is traditionally the enemy
of Sheikh S&lah but inters i into agreement *Xti. him for
presenting a solid front to protect their supposed raatual
interests in the orwmde incident. He is traditionally in
alliance with Bakbfv »id eppoeed to •Cumsar* Me married a dau&hte;
of Um late Sheikh of Limah by \d 103 e recent death iie is said
to have inherited considerable property at himah* He is weil
off and trader himself' at 'O&msh v here he has at least one
small dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. .
Sheikh aaiih bin ad of Plbah about 40 years old the
elected Sheilch of the ban! nhat&ir but in origin a poor
i^juazari* A pale insignificant individual with rather an
inflaimsable terser* Is crafty» clever and concerted - is the
most important personality in the bhihuh and api^ears to be
able to muse Khasab his butt* is on closest terms with bheikh
Hamad of fujairah the alliance believed to be defensive and
offensive* The town of Dibah he chares rather unequally with
the Aav&sim tsheiich aashid bio Abzeed* The latter a loyal
supporter of authority having only about 200 men and apimars
to live on eufference* 01 ah follows bheihh oaiah as also the
uhlhuh elements of bha'am near Kan t.l Khaim* he has recently
built a baanar of eo^e 14 uhops on the seashore at Dibsh .here
he himself trades* He possesses a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. *
^aiyid Kasir bin Kjri alftm * age 42 the all of Khasab has been
in that fort for nearly four years* A Sultan 1 s nominee he is
a pure Arab and of good family* iimd experience before as wali
of JKurbat in South Arabia* He has been a cypher in the affairs
of Kh&sab where Shoikh Hasan has b$en ths *de facto* Uovernor
in nature of the situation he has not attempted to inter
fere except the exceptional caces e*g* ( 1 ) slavery (il) murder
and has usually been resisted in both* juast year a murder took
place in Khasab bazaar of an itinerant JHoroccan or Egyptian
doctor* a Baiyid* Theft ms the motive* The wall appealed in
vain to the Hhei kh to hand the taurderera over and they
presumably escaped justice* During the Mali’s term of office
this is the first v^ord of complaint from the bhlhuh against him.
His is a pleasant but not strong character and during the
recent troubles he/£ made several appeals to h**i* ships to
hi«i an tiui <icor*; of fear.