"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎٥‎٧] (٣٠٨/١٢٤)

Since the time Mahomed "bin Na.ser started to
assert his authority,relations between the Amirs
and the Sultan have undergone a change. In 1920
the T/azir cut the allowances paid to the Bani Bu
Ali through misdirected economy hut Mr Y,'ingate
restored them.
jlf. In 1923,the Anirs sent a petition to Government
claiming that the port of Sur belonged to them and
that the Sultan had nothing to do with the said
port; that the Sultan did not supply them with arms
and ammunition according to agreement and asking that
they might enter into direct relations with the
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Government of India. Government replied that they
T * r ere unable to intervene on their behalf.
This claim to independence on the part of the
Amirs of Jaalan appears to be based on the compact-
entered into by the YTahabi Sheikh on his invasion
, of Oman when certain Sheikhs v
were constituted Ameers
or territorial lords in their own right^without any
dependence on Muscat. (B.G.Becords XXIV p,4<.,« )
In 1924 # Mahomed bin Baser informed Major Hinde
that he was authorized b;- the Muscat Government to
settle all disputes in Sur and had succeeded in
doing so with the exception of Khamis bin Mubarak
of the Arama section. From the records of tne
Council of Ministers it appears that Mahomed bin
Baser wrote to the Sultan in March 1924 offering
to effect a settlement between the Jenebeh sections
The Sultan replied permitting him to interfere
during tae Salifah period,but after this period
he wasxnot to interfere in anything.
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