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'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia' [‎15r] (29/58)

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The record is made up of 1 file (27 folios). It was created in 31 Aug 1950. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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7ith sogcupd to the ycat of the Na*in in Sultwwte tow*
that iz the aottlccl portion of the A1 hti Khuraiban chyisioh, the
principal shaikh appears to be Saqr bin Sultan al Hanui# His
influenoo is vock # and does not approach that of his father# Ho
lives, it is said| in fear of the Shaikhs Huuaid bin Kashid of the
bedouin soot ion and of Rashid bin Hawaii of ojnan (Truoial coast).
In 1 hcarovor. the Sultan clains to have got the Ka 1 in through
the offices of his Minister for the Interior* Saiyid Jihood bin
Ibrnhiia* to accept Shaikh Saq^ as their Tanimh and to have signed
a document to that effect. More recently though* because Shaikh
Saqr started to take an independent line in negotiations Tfith the
Oil Gonpc.fy prospecting in the Buraiai area* the Sultan has not been
giving his stpport to this arranr^nent* and Shaikh Saqa^s influence
is again on the decline* so that in duo course* the Sultan hopes*
he vill have to appeal again to the Sultan* alvrays provided the
oil people noke no further direct approach.
Other sections of tha Ka f ia in Sultanate territory live
around Dharik and Hat if in both the plains and hills.
The lin^in are on bad toms *with the -^1 bu Palah of
Truoial Oman and the Sgitonato settloiaents of the Beni Ka’ab*
Beni Qitab and uriLth their sub-division* the i\l bu Shards.. Not
counting the ^*1 bu Sharis* they could probably not raise acre than
three or four hundred rifles* even if the various subsections could
unite.
In tto pest their vas Saudi influence v<hich may again be
reviving;* and the Na* in* including the id. bu Shanis* follow the
■irchabi religion#
The ii bu Sharis ore on good terns with the ii bu Falah*
Buru and Beni Qitab.
The area all around Buroini is uncontrollod* and any
foreigners visiting it would require military protection and careful
previous arrangements through official channels. A considerable
traffic in slaves is still reported to be carried on* and tbo fort
Honasah in *3, bu Sharis (and Sultanate) tendtoryis believed to
be the main clearing house.
The Qara tribe which lives in the hills of Ehofar district
is priritivc and uncivilised. The people do not look like Arabs*
and aro probably a branch of the Mahras from the Hadramairt (Aden
Protectorate)* They blonri* htt/ever. to the Ghafiri faction* but
do not appear to take ary part in politics or to be at feud with
the neighbouring Kathir tribe which is Hinavi. Jbcoept for a few
who live in Salalah and Marbat* they keep to the hills* and dvrell
in oaves. Thoy rear orwols* cattle* sheep and goats* and seenu
to 00:20 to the plains to purobaso* in exchange for hides and ghee*
such grain and vcgotablosas they need. Though regarded os
unreliable* they appear to be peaceable enough at the present
tine. A fuller account is to bo found in Loriaer's Gazetteer tvoa
which there has been little change.
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This file contains a letter, dated 31 August 1950, from F L C Chauncey, His Majesty's Consul at Muscat, to the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bahrain, enclosing a report entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (ff 4-28). The report is in response to a letter from the Political 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. , No. 378/27/50G, dated 19 August 1950, regarding specific tribes and their relations with Saudi Arabia. These include: Al bu Shamis [Āl Bū Shāmis], Awamir [al-‘Awāmir], Janabah, Al Daru [al-Darū‘] and Bani Qitab [Banī Qitab]. The report contains details about these and other tribes. In addition, the final eight folios are comprised of a table of details of the tribes, such as district, principal settlements and villages, names of shaikhs, estimated population, estimated number of rifles and other remarks.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-28; these numbers are also written in pencil and ink, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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