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2 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY

Part L

ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 187G-77.
General.
1. The following Governments and Chiefdoms arc under the poli­
tical supervision of the Resident in the Persian Gulf:—
1. Oman—Under IIis Highness the Sultan of Muscat.
2. Oman Coast—Under various independent Chiefs having
Treaty relations with the British Government.
3. Bahrein—Under an independent Chief, Sheikh Ecsa bin Ali.
4. Nejd—Under the Government of the Sublime Porte.
5. Bassidorc—In the occupation of the British Government.
C. Persian CdUst—Partly under the government of Fars and
partly under that of Lar.
7. Fars—Directly under the Government of Persia, which is
represented by a Viceroy, whose seat of Government
ia at Shiraz.

1.—Oman.
2. A detailed report on the territories under the government of
His Highness Seyyid Toorkce has been prepared by the Political Agent
at Muscat. Although several events of interest occurred during tho
past year uothing took place of sullicicnt importance to warrant the
direct interposition of British authority.

Petty Independent Cuiepdoms.
2.—Oman Coast.
3. No changes have taken place among the Chiefs who are parties
• Chief* of Raa-cl-Kbjraah, Ummal- to the maritime truce* since the date
(•awain. Kjiuan, Soargah, Dabai, and of last year’s report. They have, with
Aba Zhabi. one CXCCption 0f an unimportant nature,
faithfully fufdlcd their obligations to the British Government.
4. In October 1S76 the Shargah Chief disregarded the advice of
British authority in sending troops and munitions of war by sea to the
aid of his partizans at Dibba, apparently acting under the impression
that the various divisions of the Joasmee tribe possessed the privilege of
affording mutual assistance to one another either by land or sea. This
question is now under the consideration of Government.
5. The settlement of the Beni Yas at Odaid, under Sheikh Butye
bin Khadim, has been the cause of some trouble to the Residency. The
Beni Hajir and other marauding Bedouins tribes, who reside in the
neighbourhood of Odaid, but over whom the Chief hn«i no effective power
of control, have on more than one occasion obtained boats at this port,
and have forcibly made use of them for piratical purposes, and during the
past year some outrages at sea on peaceaole trading vessels were reported.