considerable means. The trd.be strongly supports the Sultan and has suppled him with a force in recent disturbances. The tribe may be divided by location into three parts: (1) arou:zi Adan (Sharqiyah), about four mindred, rei 11.) Masirah, about six hundred, migratory and engaged Inenty in fishics, but these and other detachments on the Jala' an coast towrads Dhofar, are known to bo both robbers and wreckers. Their territory is o: considerable interest for its oil potential. Their scaled Tamimah, Yasir bin llamud al Majali, aged about hirty, 3.vos at Iz. IIe visited the Sultan in 1948 and in Decerber, 1949, receiving presents on each occasion. Ile is hinsief well off, with some good date gardens. In 1952 he visited Ibn Saud at Riyadh and on return started flying a
