Principal Sheikhs and tribes of Oman

This file contains:

• Translation of a letter from Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Bin Salem Al Qasimi to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman promising to leave Kalba as ordered
• 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman'
• 'Additions to the Notes on the Tribes of Muscat & Oman', which refers to the frailty of the Imam of Oman Mohammad Bin Abdulla Al Khalili, rumours that he intends to abdicate and the question of his successor, including the names of four candidates: Abdulla Bin Salem Al Kharussi, Sheikh Ali Bin Hilal, Saif Bin Rashid Al Ma'awal, and Ahmad Bin Nasir Al Saeedi
• List of Walis appointed by the Imam of Oman
• Brief narrative of events to show how the office of Imam of Oman ceased to be vested in the person of the Ruler of Muscat and Oman
• Note on the Imam's administration in the interior of Oman
• Correspondence relating to the attitude and approach of Sulaiman Bin Himyar, Sheikh Saleh Bin Isa Al Harthi and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur towards the Imam of Oman succession question
• Letter from Sheikh Saeed Bin Rashid Al Baluchi to the Sultan confirming his loyalty