"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎٥‎٦] (٣٠٨/١٢٢)

?/ In 191 3,Sheikh. Abdullah bin Salim XI Ala^i died.
He was considered a very daring man,well disposed
towards the Sultans of Muscat and always ready to help
them. His' eldest son Kaser had predeceased him and
as the latters son Mahomed was still a minor,A o du1las
second son Ali was made Amir pointlp witn l^cvnom^d
bin Maser. An arrangement which still continues.
JA- During the 1S13-19 rebellion,the 3ani Bu Ali took
the part of the Sultan but their behaviour ^as not
altogether satisfactory.
They sent the rice given them for their progress
inland to their homes at Sur and also left behind
the ammunition with which the Sultan had provided
them,at Muscat for taking to their homes at the
first convenient opportunity and then on their arri-
-val at Sib,were demanding extra supplies of both
food and ammunition.
They retreated unexpectedly a,nd unaccountably
from Bidbid,where they ^ere first established,to
7/atiyah. On being brought back to Muscat,much
alarm was felt owing to their reputation for looting
and general misbehaviour. Their counci Id were
divided,they quarrelled bitterly amongst themselves
and paid little attention to the authority of their
nominal leader Mahomed bin Maser and it was only with
great difficulty that they could be induced to obey
orders of any kind. In one quarrel amongst them-
-selves which arose over pilfering by some of
them in the bazaar whom the Sheikh -.Ashed to punish,
stones and sticks TrT ere freely used with the result Aks:
that there were several heads broken,Even the Sheikh
himself was stoned.