"ملف ٢٠/٨: شؤون دولة مسقط: احتجاج العمانيين" [و‎‎٢‎٣] (٦٣٤/٤٥)

beln£ to r«4uo# their nueber an early &• peeij
lao*l »en can be trained* •
% Ideal In the above differed not at all frea
that expreeeed by the eevenant of the league of nation*
with referenee te etatee to be prevlelonally Independent
but under the supervision of the power#♦
The condition of the LHiltan and hie dependant#
upen ua for aeeietanee aoral and naterlal uakee It
peeelble te work upon hla on the llnee indicated without
interfering with hla Independent*# or firing him mere than
advice. A* he cannot exlet without ue he muat fellow our
£ivlee but cqr policy tiiarou^hout haa be «5 te attempt to X
!e^ 4 rather than te drive, A Sultan driven te referna
which he did not propose te na&e mare tavtii oyewaah er
who was aeiaally obstructive was useless te our purpeam
In the end and it would be better to scrap hla on his
falling to nalntaln his obligations and put soneone else
in his place,
Were we to take the opposite line and neglect
oat engagements with hla tl*e ftueetien aidLsvs vhat hope
have we got of any real ittproveaemt in the condition of
the country by appealing to the tribe* direct .
The government ef tue iaaa # bln Haohld
hnarusi eensists of a thaooracy t a papal government,
supported by f p<»werful leading 3halihs to whou I have
often referred Shaikh lea bin Salih al furithl and Shaikh
ttaayar bln Haslr al ^abnani t the last a u<rnber of a
family who have supplied rdiers to Onan in past days.
The first ef the two la the inUlllgmee ef the
sove&ent a nueh respected cian with brfcln* , the latter a
bluff oi less morale or Intelligence but peasesaed ef
greater wealth and nan power ,
The eyetea of govemaent ie feunied upon religion
aceoarUng to the Abadhi seot f a sect is one ef the
Khawari j and wuleh is oe^*taiiily a pure fom ef