File 8/60 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSSANNAH AND YAL SA'AD.
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This file relates to the Yal Sa`ad [Yāl Sa‘d], a tribe based on the Batinah coast. The correspondence discusses the reported resistance of Yal Sa`ad tribesmen to the establishment of customs houses in the area. It also discusses reported smuggling and slave trafficking by the tribe, and the grou...
This file relates to the Shaikh of Fujairah (transliterations vary throughout), Hamad bin Abdullah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sharqī], and his relations with the Shaikh of Shargah [Sharjah]. The correspondence begins with reports that the Shaikh of Fujairah – nominally considered to be subo...
This file concerns the claim of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to Fujairah (transliterations vary throughout). The correspondence begins with the reported death of Shaikh Saif bin Hamad ash-Sharqi [Shaikh Saif bin Ḥamad Āl Sharqī], Ruler of Fujairah, on 24 December ...
File 8/62 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES OF OMAN
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This file consists of a list, sent by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, showing the names of the current shaikhs of the principal tribes of Oman. The list, which contains the names of around seventy individuals, is followed by an extensive in...
'File 8/62 Muscat State Affairs: Principal Shaikhs and Tribes of Oman'
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This file concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the shaikhs of the Omani tribes. Much of the correspondence discusses the Sultan's ambition to secure the allegiance of the Omani shaikhs and consolidate his authority in the interior of Oman. T...
This file consists of a single brief letter from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain. The letter reports on the visit to Muscat of the Shaikh of Jabal Akdhar [Jabal Akhdar, Oman], named as Shaikh Suleiman bin Hamayar.
This file concerns the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman. The bulk of the file consists of an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (ff 9-33), which provides written summaries of each of the main tribes and table...
This file relates to the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman, and also to the Imam of Oman's administration. It largely consists of copies of (and various amendments to) two reports. The first of these is an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of th...
This file concerns the Shihuh tribe of Oman. It mostly consists of notes on the tribe produced by Bertram Sidney Thomas, Wazir to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are enclosed in a letter addressed to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The notes include the following: a preliminary...
This file consists of brief notes on the branch of the Na'im [Āl Na'īm] tribe based in Beraymee ['Al Buraymī, Oman]. The typewritten notes appear to have been compiled during the 1930s. They consist of excerpts from 19th century British correspondence and memoranda, covering the period 1845-1881,...
