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20 ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL
liowover still made on the Yal Saad, nearly all resulting in loss to that tribeTn
life and property, on one occasion two caravans aggregating seventy camels bein
ecut off. S
In February this tribe turned the tables on its opponents by pursuing a
party of eight men who had carried off some of their goats and killing them to a
man.
About this time it was reported that Ibrahim-bin-Kais' had espoused the
cause of his old friends the Yal Saad and offered to mediate between them and
the Ahl Dhahirah, being ready it was said to join in an attack on the latter
should they refuse his mediation. Later information since.the close of the year
under report is to the effect that these negotiations fell through, and that no
further raids have taken place.
Of other collisions between the tribes the following may be noted:—
"Early in the year the Harth raided on the Haboos at Mudeibee in the
Sbarkiyeh, and attempted to destroy their water-courses. In August an en­
gagement took place between the Beni Eoo Ali and Beni Boo Hasan in Jaalan,
in which nine men were killed. A truce for eight months was effected by
Shaikhs Jooma-bin-Sayyid-al-Maskari and Hamud-bin-Sayyid-al-Jahafi, which
was broken by the Beni Boo Hasan killing a slave belonging to the Beni Ali,
who thereupon made a raid on the former tribe. This was followed by the
plunder of a large caravan of a hundred camels belonging to the Beni Shikeilof
Nezwa by the Beni Hasan of Wadi Boshar. A short truce was subsequently
brought about.
Certain differences between the Jinbeh and the Hinawi tribes of the
Sliarkiyeh were settled in September, and a peace for one year wa^. concluded
through the mediation of Itaslrid-bin-Uzeiz, the Wali of Semayil.
In October that troublesome character Shaikh Hamud-al-Jahaff appeared
suddenly in the Batinah with saventy followers, evidently with the intention of
marauding. British subjects at Seeb were warned to be on the alert, and, if
necessary, to move into Muscat with their property. Whatever plans Shaikh
Hamud may have formed were cut short by his being taken ill at Manh ; he
subsequently returned quietly to the Sharkiyeh.
The question of an allowance to be paid to Sayyid Abdni Aziz on condi­
tion of his remaining quietly in India was again discussed with the Sultan.
The matter is still under reference.
On the 12th November the Resident visited Muscat and exchanged visits
with His Highness the Sultan.
In May 1892 a party of seven Africans were landed at Matrah under suspi­
cious circumstances by an Arab by name
81a*e Trade.
Seif-bin-Khatir. The party was stopped,
and an enquiry was held, from which it appeared that the Africans were the house­
hold slaves of two Arabs in Melindi. Before the completion of the enquiry the
Africans left the Consulate at the instigation of Seif-bin-Klhatir and wont into
the interior. Although the local authorities were, at once warned, proper
measures to pursue and recall the party were not made, and repeated applica­
tions since made to the Sultan to trace the Africans have hitherto produced no
result."
A report in the case was submitted to the Resident on the 16th Mawk
1893.
No seizures of slave dhows were made by Her Majesty’s cruisers during
the year.