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42 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OP THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL

bin-Nnsir, who commands the fort of Zikki. The Beni Rowahek h ave
thirty septs as follows :—
Fakiiootii.
Wilad Nasir Mohammed. Wilad Khalf.
AVilad El-Akced. Wilad ’Omar.
Wilad Kl-Kh alccl. Wilad Suliman.
Wilad Ibrahim. Wilad ’Ali.
El-Belnhasuch. Wilad Rashid.
Wilad Sulfman. Wilad Khaiyar.
Wilad Khamocs. Wilad Hussein.
Beni llnmcem. Wilad Kl-Modadi.
Wilad SAliin. Wilad llassan.
Wilad Hamad. Wilad Ayesh.
Wilad Messood. Wilad Rashid.
Wilad Walicyb. Wilad Ilamad.
Wilad Barkat. Wilad ’Ali.
Wilad Suliuian bin ’Omar. Wilad Mes'ood.
Wilad Hannah El-Awamcer.
The Yal Sa'ad
Is the strongest iu numbers of all the tribes of 'Oman, being
estimated at about 00,000 souls. They occupy a tract about twenty-five
miles in length on the Batiueh Coast, in which are the towns of Maladda,
Turccf, Tharmad, &c. They are an uuwarlike tribe and are little res­
pected by the Arabs, as they bear a character for inhospitality and
mcau-spiriteduess.
The tribe is reported to be wealthy, possessing many hundred
of thousands of date trees, and a good deal of land under grain cultiva­
tion. They' also own many trading and fishing boats.
In 1S74 when Seyyid Ibrahim-bin-Kais rose in rebellion and
marched against Mesna'ah, the Yal Sa'ad formed his chief supporters, and
it was they who in the capture of that fort pluudered and maltreated
the Hindoo traders there. For this proceeding Scyyid Ibrahim was
expelled from Mcsna'ah, which was razed to the ground, and the ial
Sa’ad were condemned to pay an indemnity of §15,000, but it was not
until a naval demonstration had taken place that the fine was recovered.
The Shaikhs of Maladda are Mohammed, Mes'ood, and Ilarneyd-bm-
Mctowwa; of Tharmad, Mohammed, Salim, Jabir, and Seif-bin-Sahm;
of El-Kbudbra, Rashid bin Hajir; of Turecf, Saloomek-bin-Sabah.
The Fakhooth of the Yal Sa'ad are:—
El-Khaneyjera. Yal Heyiz.
El-ShowcyKat. Al-Khoweytar.
El-Maghabsha. El-Kowan.
Yal IiUAL El-Seytat

Al-boo Sa'eed.
Of Nezwa'Tla^fa"wLcreth<* possess the town.

camel-driver rose by JmiliHr„G1TM^med;kin-Sa’;<J, who from bein° *
at a time when the Imfim« It and couraffe to the Imimate,
e of the former dyuasty, the Ya’aribeb, had