"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎٣‎٦] (٣٠٨/٨٢)

Iramah Scttn (act Makhaonah section as stated erroneously m Lortmer s
Gazetteer^ Vdl. II, page 905) was the Temeetneh of the trrbe,
ft -Rpfore his death last year Mansur bin Naser al Majaala of Masirah
was the Temeemeh °V\ e ^ be f ^^07 he entered into alliance with
Sur was negligible. Per p , p tin t ’ liem in their bid for independence
* nd ahi " m
sections in their feud against the Aramah and tuwaus.
q Since his death the Amirs of the Bani Bu Ali have been attempting to
foist their nomiree Shaikh Said bin Sultan bin Mahomad of Masirah on the
Tonphph The same Shaikh whom they attempted, unsuccessfully, to f
fhe trih; in 1925 The Aramah and Fuwaris sections first supported Saeed bin
Sultmi bin Khatis al VIa.jaala as the new Shaikh, but recently one Shaikh
Yaser al Majaala has come into prominence and assumed the leaders ip. .
10 The attitude of the various personalities involved has been consistent
£. isgisvsss#
11 It is clear from his own letters and actions that the Amir of the
Bani Bn A i Mahomed bin Neser, is attempting to form an independent State
for himseH ik Jaalan and is taking advantage of recent events (whrch he seems
to have had a hand in engineering) in order to further this object.
19 These Amirs are by no means all powerful in Jaalan. Their action
12. inese amirs die y i A p p resented by many tribes and
s-rs ^“Klrrbrss 1 !”. v" n-?r b .
l q Tt will be seen from Major Hinde’s letter No. 1436, dated 4th Octo-
her if 4^ «
paramount'requirement for ‘ supporting customs ’ and the economic means, is
"“ifl 1 "'In actual practice the “ Al Saeed although armed
ihiswastneory. an ' , imbue( i its Captain and crew with
ItS KElSi *8*- " ““
to meet a determined attack on the to ’ advise the gtate to
send TfnlesTGovemment were preiiared to support it with a man-of-war m
088 nr. xt is evident from their letter to me dated 21st April 192S, forwarded
1 no 25th April 1928, that the Amirs are looking for support,
with my No. 68, dated j&w ^P™ . British Government for their
or at least an attitude of toleration from a th «J n ^ ud 7^X ken and it is
whArepTy f am to give to the Amirs. ^ ^
16. Should it be possible to send a man-of-war to take me ’ mail . 0 f
receiving your instructions, the moral support of e preseu
war would, I think, be useful.