"ملف ٦٢/٨ شؤون دولة مسقط: كبار شيوخ وقبائل عُمان" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٢] (٢٩٦/٢٨٣)

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Their land includes ti* settled areas of *abil
Sutielnah, Har .uai mnc haihan,
Bixaill la a dead falaj.
2) Other sections occupy lands as described previously*
.Strength
The Bedouin section under Bin Raha&h could probably
muster 400 rifles* Otier sections are negli^iLle and do
not engage ?3uch in tribal allegiances.
History T
The Al Bu Bhamls as also the Khavatlr y slid Bu
Khuraiban ere a section of the Rai'a tribe whose origin
is ,ahtaici or Yemeni but who became Ghafiri at soise date
unKnown f probably during the days of MchaMm?iti bin ^asir
al Ghafiri when the Ghaflrl • Hinawi factions orlflnated.
The Nai 1 ® as a tribe have been proverbially disunited
throughout history and the Al Bu Shamls where the bedouin
section who lived in the sands to the vest of the hills.At
some period in their history they split fro® the Bai*®
aiid inclined to the inawi Banl Yas.
they were driven out of the Phahirah in the days of
Tahnun (graxidfather of ^ayid bin } halifah hi Bu Palah)who
gave some of them sanctuary on the coast and eventually
restored the® to ^abll and Suneinah by defeating the Ban!
Ghafir. blnce those days t^y have been almost permanently
“Kaff* with the Al Bu Falah.
During the days of the abhabi def>r d; tions(circa
1820) they were subdued by Bin Baud's representatives and
adopted the Wahhabi religion. They paid sakbt to Kansui f
a re resentative of Fin Jiluwl 9 as late as about 1928 - 3
for three years in succession.
At some not so distant date they paid sakat to the
Jawasiml Shaikh of Sharjah and I believe the present ruler
of that place clelns to have a letter in his i ossesslon
now froa say: id Taiaur bin Faisal of uscat acknowledging
that the Al Bu Shaals art Sharjah aiid not 1 uscat subjects.
At no period do they appear to have paid sakat to
r uscat although the Shaikhs all accept a minute sonthly
allowance from Saiyyld aid,
(Shaikh HaOhld bln aaad gets i s.250 per aiOium)
( * Hohd bin Saliaoen * jT H# * * )
Yhis f in itself f 5s of no signlf&nee because Mohammad
tin Salleesn for instance received very ameh more financi
al help froa the Al Bu Falah.
In my oplnlon t the Al Bu &hamls 9 Wahhabi by religion,
are not subjects of the Sultan of Pusc&t and the letters
which & iyyid ^aid ^s in possession froa the Al Bu . haais
Shaikhs swearing eternal loyalty etc are replicas of
letters in tr.e possession of the Ruler of : barjah and, if
one knew 9 probably with ^in Saud. They could sauch sore
xxatkakiy appropriately be claimed by Fin baud as his
subjects.
As a tribe they are strong, united and respected as
a force in the land. They are on rood teras with Bani
t itab and Dura' and on very good terns with the Al Bu