"ملف ٢٠/٨: شؤون دولة مسقط: احتجاج العمانيين" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٠] (٦٣٤/٢٥٩)

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that he may oppose an agreement dtn religious gro\inds 9 but
if the two sheikhs are in favour of it he will come into V \
line. His brother Sheikh Hasir is an able man*
(3) S heikh Isa bln Salih al Harlthl
The head of the Hlnawl section of the Omanis
and an extremely able and Intelligent man, who has made the
revolution and its success* He has given his word that he
wishes a settlement and that we should help in it. He is
peculiarly hard hit by the imprisonment of his near relatives
by the Sultan and by tha fact that he and his tribe (the
Krafcfc Hurth) are cut off from access to Zanzibar where
they have many relatives and much property* He tempers his
religion with knowledge of the world, but he is unlikely
fver to break with the Imam or to go back on his word. His
influence will undoubtedly be exercised in favour of a
settlement on the lines proposed*
(4) S heikh Hamyar bln Naslr al Nabhan l
The head fcf the Ghafiri section* He is a very
powerful and influential man but without one tenth of the
ability or worldly knowledge of Sheikh Isa* There have been
rumours lately that he had become Jealous of Isa's power
and was playing on the religious bigotry of the Imam to
render a meeting or an agreement abortive. This though
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always a possibility among Arabs, is unlikely as the
triumvirate have shown no sign of splitting yet* He suffers
severely as the owner of Jabal Akhdhar by the penal zakat
of 35^ on pomegranates*
5 Bhelkh Sayid bln Naslr al Kindi
The greatest rellgffcous Jurist of the Abadhi sect,
resident within the Jurisdiction of the Sultan close to
Mattrah. the Influence of t$l8 man, as a religious and
learned man is supreme in Oman being in this respect greats*
than the Imam's. This man has been sent by me to IttWr.Niawrt
where the Imam and Sheikhs of Oman are at present assembled^