"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎٤‎١] (٣٠٨/٩٢)

was released in 1924. Meeting an armed slave of the murdered sheikh on the
outskirts of Sur, he decided the man had been detailed to kill him and fired
and killed the slave. This started indiscriminate firing between the sections
in which an A rama boy was killed. The Euwaris then took a hand and seized
a water donkey belonging to the Arama and a struggle ensued in which an
Arama girl was killed. The YVali was able to use the Ramzan fast for arrang
ing a 45 days armistice.
41. About this time (1924) Mahomed bin Naser, Amir of the Bani bu AH
started to take an interest in the affairs of the Jenebeh, having formed an
alliance with Mansur bin Naser Jenebeh Sheikh of Masirah, and. won over the
Makhanah and Al Ghialin sections in Sur—the w r eaker party in the feud among
the Jeneb h—to acknowledge his authority.
42. In 1925, Sheikh Mansur bin Naser went to Sur, informed the Hindu
community that there was no Sultan’s Government in Sur and that they w r ere
to look to him for justice. He tried to form a committee of leading men for
the administration of justice as the local wa;i had been found incapable. The
Wali told the Hindus that he was powerless and that they should inform the
British Government.
43. In 1927 Sheikh Mansur bin Naser of Masirah (mentioned above)
accompanied by Hamdan bin Naser and Salim bin Naser, brother of Mahomed
bin Naser of the Bani bi Ali stayed at Mecca for three months as the guests of
His Majesty Ibn Sand. Mansur bin Naser diel of small pox on the return
journey.
APPENDIX III.
Summary or recent events in Sur.
In 1927, the Arama and Makhana sections of the Jenebeh each built three
new forts in their quarters against the orders of the Wali.
2. In August 1927, Mr. Thomas, Minsiter of Finance went to Sur. As it
transpires afterwards, one of his objects was to arrange for a journey w hich he
proposed making overland from Sur to Dhofar for which he required the
assistance of the Bani bu Ali. He attempted to induce the Jenebeh to pay
2J lakhs of rupees which they owe Khan Bahadur Nasib and Ali Musa Khan,
merchants of Muscat, and tried to induce them to pull down the forts which
they had built. It appeared to Mr. Thomas that the opposition to this came
mainly from the Arama section and on leaving Sur, in the Al Saeed, he took in
to,w r an Arama sambuk lying in the harbour, whereupon the Al Saeed w r as
fired on by the Arama section.
3. The Council of Ministers fined the Arama section Rs. 10,000 and
ordered the destruction of their three forts but they have not been able to
enforce this and have been looking to the British Government to assist them in
doing so.
1928.
4. On the 10th April, the Council of Ministers received information that
the Amirs of the Bani bu Ali had established a customs port at Aiqa. Their
customs officer wrote to the state customs official at Sur demanding refund of
customs which the state had levied on a boat which they said belong to the
Bani bu Ali.
5. The Amirs refused to furnish any explanation regarding the customs
post to Saiyid Shahab, brother of His Highness and Sheikh Rashid, Minister
of Shara who had gone to Sur to investigate the recent trouble there,
6. The Amirs are stated to have stopped a boat of the Arama section from
enteringThe creek whereupon Sheikh Yaser al Majaala, who has only recently
come to prominence as Sheikh of the Jenebeh, prevented a Bani bu Ali boat
from entering the creek.
7. The Bani bu Ali then occupied Balad as Sur, possibly with a view to
commanding the water supply of Sur. On 15th April they were attacked in
Balad at Sur by about 70 men of the Arama and Fuwaris under the leadership