'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎141v] (289/396)

48 ANNUAL EEPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. POLITICAI RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
considering the terms upon which they are. The letters might almost be
described as humble.
An incident of some gravity occurred at Sur in April One Hamad bi
Salim-el-Arami, a man of some importance in the interior and an adherent of
the Imam, came into the town under the Khafirat or tribal responsibility of
Shaikh Nasir bin Ali of the Jennebeh. The Wali on hearing of his arrml
sent some Askaris to bring to him both the visitor and " Khafir. " The man
refused to come and a fracas took place in which both Hamad bin Salim and
his Khafir were killed as well as the Akid (officer) of the Askaris and one or
two men.
The condition of Sur has generally been unsatisfactory, and His Highness
was obliged to put a fine of dollars 7,000 on the place on account of the
disturbances between the inhabitants. He can always recover such fines as
long as he has our support since the people of Sur depend upon their dhows
for a living and cannot trade without his passport.
There have been continual rumours of attacks by the Imam on Sur
Yankal or Baraimi. There is no doubt that the Government of the Imam'
icunded as it is on Muhammadan religio—imperialistic ideas, wishes to bring
all the country it can under its sway but its power for attack was, at any rate
for the moment, used up in the taking of Rcstaq and a further advance wa»
impracticable during the year for financial reasons.
There is little to add and nothing to take away from last year's report.
v Conditions have changed but little though
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there is this ditterence that the administra
tion of the Sultan in the Capital and in Muttra is now undoubtedly better
than that of his Walls in the districts.
His Highness has on the representations of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. made some
economies with regard to guards and his financial position at the end of this
year is probably not so much worse than it was last year.
The Sultan has Walis in the places mentioned below in Oman. All these
places are sea ports with the exception of Boshar which is about 12 miles
inland from Muscat towards the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Semail. All the Walis named are
members of His Highness' family of Al-Bu-Saidi with the exception of the
Walis of Khabuiah, Suwaiq and Boshar.
District. Name of Wali.
Sur .... Hamud bin Hamad Al-Bu-Saidi.
Quryat •
Muttra
Sib
Barkah .
Masnaah
Suwaiq .
Khaburah
Saham .
Sohar
Khasab ,
Shinas .
Boshar ,
Saif bin Badr Al-Bu-Saidi.
Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Naeir-Al-Bu SaidL
Muhammad bin Hilal Al-Bu.-Saidi.
Hilal bin Hamad Sammar Al-Bu-Saidi.
Qahtan bin Yaarab Al-Bu-Saidi.
Salitn bin Said bin Salim A ; amri.
Muzaffar bin Suleiman Mamluk.
Nasir bin Hamad Al-Bu-Saidi.
Muhammad bin Hamad-Al-Ba-Saidi.
Muhammad bin Badr bin Saif-Al-Bu-Saidi.
Hilal bin Ali bin Badr Al-Bu-Sai^i.
Ali Bin Abdullah Al-Khalili.
In addition His Highness has Walis at Gwadur on the Mekran coast and
at Bhofar 600 miles away towards Aden.
District. N am0 0 f Wali.
Gwadur , . „ Saif bin Badr bin Saif Al-Bu-Saidi.
Dhofar Abdullah bin Suleiman Al-Harrasi.
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The country intervening between the districts of the Wali of Sur and that
of the Wali of Hhofar has no Government on behalf of the Sultan of Oman.
The Qazi for the trial of Shara' cases is Saleh bin Aamir-Al 'Tewani.