"ملف ١٥/١١ تقرير النقيب إكلز عن الأراضي الداخلية في عُمان" [و‎‎٤] (٩٦/٧)

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Captain C*»] % Eccl9s I. A. ,
Corigan nt Mus cat I nf ant ry
Baital Balaj
The Political Agent & H. B.M’s Consul
MUSCAT
Baiojl-Pai tal^Falaj^lbs ay -1*. 26.
I enclose herewith copy of a report on ny
journey into the Interior, a copy of ~rhi ch wa.s despatched
through your office to the Hon*ble The Political Pesident
f
Bus hi re hy the last rail.
As a road report was asked for, and as the
political pack of the interior tribes is constantly
being shuffled and re-dealt, I have not dwelt on the
intar-tribal relations. The following note as regards
■"'ahabi encroachment however ray be of use.
Whilst at Mahadhah Shaikh Salir bin Diyan
informed re that sore few days before our arrival the
Bani Na'im had sent a messenger to Ibn Uiluhi, Ibn
r
Saud’s lieutenant in Hasa, asking for help in arms and
men against Shai kh r Isa bin Saleh who was then advancing
towards Birairri^ and had taken r Ibri. The Bani Na'im
had written to SHaikh Salim apprising him of this and
asking for his help. Salim expressed anger at this
action being taken by the Bani Na'im before they had
consulted him. He appeared to have a great hatred of
the Wahabis, party owing to his grandfather having been
kept a prisoner by them in Nejd for 7 years. When we
left he had not made up his mind as to what line he
should take, but I gathered that he proposed to consult
the Bani Citab with whom, he was $ friendly terms.
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