"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎١‎٢‎٤] (٣٠٨/٢٥٨)

of the town iinnied lately paid their respects to him,
chief Sheikh of the Bani bu All came down from the inte
rior wi.th a thousand men to do him honour, ana the Sul
tan wag successful, before he .left, in obtaining iron the
French fla ; , holders of the port, including tnc Jenebeh, a
formal profession of allegiance to himself and a i enunci
ation of "Tench protection.
In '' 901 tne ‘hi 1 tan sent 60 A^karis to garrison
his post at Our, and the ‘ rench flagholders, icw oi -horn
had obncxved t.'teir promise given in the previous year,
understanding the act ns * threat to themselves, .'.•■eked
10 . Qttavi whether he would protect them in case oi an
attack by the Outtan’s troops; his reply unfavourable
of-'' the incident narked ar.oMicr stage in the decline of
French influence at Fur.
c.
‘Pout 1:113 a blood fud started between the
/oama and Kakhana sections of the Jenebeh which has eon-
t inn-:! ever since. In ^ 91P :i :U- Highness the ultan vis
it-id rur and fined the Jenebeh in 14,000 and imprisoned 26
Pix-"- L'^hs phir action ]ce v- 4 the pTSce for about two yeai s •
In 1 9 1 9 the Fir cut customs were reorganized
and the people of Sur, seeing that in future the dues
would be more strictly enforced refused >>o allow a cus
toms house to be built. In I9h0 Captain liacCollvua, the
bh vi ’-.mir rent to Sur in ‘ T IhS. ’♦BritomarV* and the
, _>v„v --.?>•«..-n taccent the new arrangements# ihings
’"C'-'t Gmoothly for n short while and then smuggling began
‘-'■ oir ,'i»nd lias continued ever since. Tne customs house was
net built, difficulties be in- invariably placed in the
v ^ ri( 5 the Tali became as paver less and inept as ever,
Spasmodic murder in, ^ent on, and., in 19^3, the
f‘o 'to i 1 of Ministers cent Hheikh Rashid, Minis ter lor Re-
1inIo uc nffeirs, to attempt to put an end to the feuds.
He returned having been openly flouted and having accom-
- Pithed nothing. In July bfoair, Minister of Justice,