"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎٧‎٨] (٣٠٨/١٦٦)

Ministers furnished their views on the situation at Sur.
They resented the letters and actions of the Amirs of
Jaalan,realized they were not strong enough to deal with
the situation.and asked for the assistance of the
British Government. - ,
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In August 1928,the Amirs wrote to the Political Agent
claiming that Sur was a part of their territory,that
the Sultans Wall was there and customs collected with
their permission. That the town and customs were under
their protection and everything would be accomplished
in its proper time.
On the 21st August,a party of about 15 Arabs chiefly
of the Fuwaris section of the Jenebeh,boarded a Cutch
Mandvi Buggalow belonging to a British subject - Khimji
Ramdas $ which had arrived from Karachi,overawed the
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C 2 ;ew with rifles and daggers andC made off with 22 bags
bags of rice and Rs 200/- worth of personal property
belonging to the Nakoda. Most of the culprits are k
known. The Council of Ministers arrested one of them
in Muscat and are attempting to obtain the surrender
of the others from the Fuw&ris Sheikhs .
On the night of tie 27th August,some Arabs climbed
over a broken wall and got into the fort where the
Wall lives. They stabbed his two best horses. The Wall’s
Askaris are believed to have had a hand in it in con-
-junction with the Bani Bu Ali. They have been replaced
by others from Muscat. The Mali’s telephone line from
his residence to the customs is also being cut constantly
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On the 18th September,a shop belonging to a British