"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [ظ‎‎٣‎٣] (٣٠٨/٧٧)

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their properties which were lying near the State fort where the Wali
resides. They have levied a tax on vessels which enter the creek and
have established a Customs House at Aiqa. All these actions are against us
and disturb our State’s administration, item Bu Ali have no right to interfere
m Sur affairs without our permission or from our representative at that place.
As you know Beni Bu Ali are subjecfs of Muscat as other tribes are and
whenever their assistance is required in any matter they have to execute our
order at Sur or other countries. I now request H. B. M.’s Government to
afford us strong support in order to prevent the Shaikhs of Beni Bu Ali from
any action which they intend to take at Sur district as they have no historical
right to do so. The pressure which has been brought by Beni Bu Ali on the
anabah is due to the fact that they think that we would not get any support
Horn the Government. You are well aware that our Government had request
ed lor help m connection with Sur affairs since a long time and without the
overnment assistance they -would not be able to prevent them and manage
affairs concerning the Customs administration, etc. If the Janabah tribe even
now get the least assistance from us they would never submit to Beni Bu Ali’s
demands.
The Council of Ministers forwarded to me the letter which they had
received from the Shaikh of Beni Bu Ali demanding payment of expense*
which they had spent during their fighting with the Janabah as they considered
fn?e rt 61r last * ctl0 , n , was b y order ° f our Government. If their statement was
true they would not have opposed the Deputies of my Government Ministers
unng their last agressions at Sur. Under these circumstances we will never
accept their demand because we did not order them at all, and if they had
been ordered by my Government to rise against the Janabah there would* have
been a representative on our behalf with them.
„ . If °. u | friend the Government will not attempt to assist my state in the
tOTv" 8 You U Ire n<1 ltS de P en ? e “ cles at ? n ear1 / date the result will be unsatisfac
tory. You are aware about the opinions of the Shaikhs of other tribes in
connection with the actions of this (Beni Bu Ali) tribe, and the weak-
n ss of our Government and lack of support from our friend H B M’s
tZ T 'T 2n >' ■ ™eref°re I have sanguine hope that the Government will not
' °“ e ^ thls P 01nt to which my Government as well as the
British Government is giving due attention.
^ T be cause of delay in writing this letter is due to fact that I wished to
discuss the matter with you personally. In reality the Council of Ministers
used to send reports to me since the beginning of the trouble asking for ade-
hnite answer but I did not send any as I considered that they had been fullv
authorised by me to take action in important affairs. They have undoubted v
explained the whole facts to you. I have now deemed it neces aryTacaS
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