'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [‎128r] (273/426)

Translation of s letter dated 14th JaLiadi il Awal 135C
(27th September 1931) from Saiyid 3aid bin Ttimur, Irebident
of the Council of rinisters, l^uscct State, Muscat, to
Captain Alban, T*A*, Political A^ent and ri.B*M r a
Consul, Muscat.
With reference to my letter dated the 24th Rabi el
Thani 1330 (8th September 1931) end our conversation of
two days c^o regarding Sur affairs, T now take the
opportunity of writing this letter to you.
I have already st?ted in my letter quoted above, thet
during my visit to sur I introduced the necessary reforms,
such as revising the revenue administration, strengthening
Government authority, etc.
The only question left unsettled, is thf t of Aiqf<,
which, together with the preposterous cli-in of the Shaikh
of the Beni Bu Ali T have already fully explained. As
therefore you are in full possession of ill the facts
I do not propose to touch on them again.
In my above letter I asked for your opinion in
consultation with the Hon’ble the Resident on this point.
T have now reconsidered the matter and arrived at the
following conclusion:-
(1) I see that I should ^o to 3ur by our boat the
"Al Saidi’’, accompanied by 50 men of our levy, from Bait
al Fal £ j , as guards. On my arrival at our I will land £t
Aiqa and address our subjects, its inhabitants, in
connection with their payment of taxes as in the past,
end as is now in force in Hillst Urn ^armitain and all
other ports of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, the
registration of their boats, and the establishment of a
Customs lost at Aiqa for the supervision of imports and
exports and the recovery of regular taxes.