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'File 8/62 IV PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES OF OMAN.' [‎100ar] (201/282)

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The record is made up of 1 file (137 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1950-25 Dec 1951. 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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The tribe is divided into baits (houses) each
with its Shaikhs and details have been supplied by one
of the Shaikhs as under
Place
Peculation
Rifles
Bait
Shaikh
* *
Salalah
1 2,500
500
Rawwas
Omar bin (Tamimah
Mansur and of the
Abdul Aziz whole
bin Ahmed, tribe)
El Hafah
500
80
Shanafirah
Ahmed bin Bakhit
Dhaharij
200
-
Hadhar
Saif bin Jahnoon
Salalah
300
50
El Marhun
Said bin Salim
Naqd
1,500
500
Kathir
Salim Tamtain.
They all belong to the Hinawi political faction
but are too distant to enter into Oman politics•
The Sultan seems to get on well with them, and
their attitude is friendly to the British, though shy and
cautious on first arpproach.
BENI KHAHUS.
The Beni Kharus is a peaceful and comparatively
civilised tribe in the centre of Oman proper, settled
mainly at Rostak, Nakhl and Awabi, the capital. The
tribe supplied the present Imam T s predecessor, and, on
his assassination in 1920, his three sons Yahya, Abdulla
BENI KITTAB (or Qitab) The Beni Qitab (as the
name is best transliterated) are divided into two
main sections. The larger section live around DHAID
in Sharjah territory with Shaikh Mohammad bin Ali
bin Huwaidin as their Chief, and it is understood
that he gets an annual allowance of some R 3 25>000
from the Ruler.
The other section, which seems to have become
completely separated live in DHAHIRAH, with their
caoital at Aflaj Bent Qitab. Their Shaikh is Mohammad
bin Ali bin Rabaiyah. Though he accompanied the
Sultan* s Minister for. the Interior back to Muscat
in 1946 to visit the Sultan when the Minister was
touring the Buraimi neighbourhood in connection with
certain oil company negotiations, he gets no allow
ances from the Sultan, and is not on any close terms
with him. On the contrary his people seem to regard
themselves as in allegiance with the Imam, and
frequently visit his Wali at (X5RI (in Bhahirah),
from whom the Shaikh is saii ^o draw an allowance.
Two other Shaikhs named Fazil bin Rabaiyah and Amir
bin Salih Walid al Matawa belong to this tribe.
The latter was involved in a recent attempt to kidJifcj
two women from Sultanate territory for slavery but
was compelled by the Imam, who sent a force of about
four hundred men, to release them and plead f^rgiva»
ness. This incident affords evidence of there being
at least some measure of co-operation between the
Sultan and the Imam. The trib<? is partly bedouin, aM
some are found in Jau (Buraimi).

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This file relates to the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman, and also to the Imam of Oman's administration. It largely consists of copies of (and various amendments to) two reports. The first of these is an account by 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. and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (full versions found at folios 11-37 and folios 90-116, the latter of which includes an enclosed map). This account provides written summaries of the main tribes, plus tables with further details, including principal settlements, estimated population, and estimated number of rifles.

The second report is entitled 'A Note on the Imam's Administration in the interior of Oman' (ff 3-9 and ff 38-44). It includes details on the extent of the Imam's administration, a list of the tribes that currently support the Imam, and a list of walis appointed by the Imam.

The correspondence, most of which is between 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. and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , mainly concerns details from, and revisions to, 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. 's aforementioned account on the tribes of Muscat and Oman.

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1 file (137 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 139; 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. A previous foliation sequence between ff 95-138, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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