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MUSKAT.

Syud Humeed bin Sneed bin Khulfan bin Ahmed, cousin of the
maum, and confidant of Syud Soweynee ; age thirty-five years.
Svud Ah bin Syf bin Khulfan bin Ahmed, ditto ditto ; age thirty years.
Syud Hillal bin Ahmed, ditto ditto; age forty-five years.
Syud Hillal bin Mahomed bin Ahmed, ditto ditto; Governor of
Soweik ; age fifty-one years.
Syud Mahomed bin Salmin, maternal uncle ofthelmaum ; age eighty
years; Warden of Muskat.
Syud Ahmed, son of preceding, age eighteen y ears.
Syud Soweynee, ditto ditto, age sixteen years.
Syud Azan bin Syf bin Ali, cousin of Imaum ; age seventy-five years.
Sons of preceding,—Ali, age twenty-two years; JBudran, age thirty
years.
Shaikh Saleh bin Sueed bin Humeed, formerly in the service of
Humood bin Azan, now much trusted by the Imaum; age fifty years.
Ahmed bin Humad, son of the late commander of the Imaum’s forces,
who was killed at the taking of Sevee, on the African Coast; much
esteemed by the Imaum : age thirty-three years.
III. (C.)—Syud Hillal bin Humood bin Azan bin Ahmed ; age four­
teen years. Uncle of the above, Syud Giles bin
Rival Branch of Ruling Azan, age forty-one years ;—Governor of Rastag,
Family of Muskat, lately
dispossessed of Sohar and from which he derives an annual income of 3,000
its Dependencies by the
Imaum. crowns. This chief is believed to be biding
his time, and would certainly contest the succes­
sion to the Imaumship in the event of the death of His Highness, or at
least strike a blow for the recovery of the territory lately wrested from
his brother.
IV. __The Imaum of Muskat is independent, but pays Zukat, or
religious tithe, to the Wahabee ruler, Ameer
Whether Tributary or
not; if so, to whom, and Fysul, at the rate of 20,000 crowns per annum ;
Annual Amount of Tribute. this amount being 12,000 crowns for Muskat,
and 8,000 crowns for Sohar.
The Imaum has hitherto farmed Bunder Abbas and its dependencies
These districts have lately been
from the Persian Government,
resumed by the Shah, but, if not recovered by force, will probably be
restored on the payment of an increased rent. *
V__One hundred and seventy thousand crowns, derived from customs
and land taxes. Revenue of possessions on the
Estimated Gross Annual Coast not known, but believed to be
Revenue. African
much more considerable.

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