5, 000 followers 5,000 followers 1, 200 followers 4,000 followers DENI BATTASII They have always been a't eximity with the Beni. Wahaib, Their attitude to the Sultan is firendly and they support him though formerly in rebéilion against the Sultanate. Their Tamariah 3s Mohammad bin Ilarith residing at liuyaul at a n abouti 14fty five, IIe sent a force to support the Sultan in 1952 against Sav.di accression on Buraini.. The Duru is a wild and wandering tribe of bedouins, though small sections have settled in Dhahirah and Datinah Gastricts, at Tana' an (their capital) and Barka, They collect rostly about Jeba. Ilarrah, and range from Dhahirah to Sharqiyah plying canels for hire for the carriage of dried dates, They are poor, treacherois and warlike, and are at feud with the Yal Wahibah Thei. Yarrinah is really Mohammed bin Said, aged about sixty but he is now old and Shaikh Ali bin Jilal, who lives at Tana? an has taken his place. Their territory is of interest for its oil bearing potential. In August 1954 the chief Shaikhs wrote a letter to the Sultan owning allegiance and inviting him b bring Petroleum Development Oil Co Ltd to their territory. The Beri Chafir is in two main divisions. One division lives in the Wadi Beni Ghafir near Rostag, which town they covet, and have more than once been encouraged to invest in order to assist the Sultan in gaining control of that area, The people are mostly date cultivators, but some wno are engaged in trade with India, Zanzibar and Africa are possessed of considerable means, The second division lives around Driz in the Dhahirah district. It numbers fifteen hundred.. Their Shaikh is Ali bin Said, woon the Sultan has known and trusted for many years, though others pronounce hin unreliable. Iis fort at Ainain nearby controls the water supply and gives hin a hold over his neighbours, especially the Baluch in Aragt, which makes hin unpopular, The tribe supplied a force for the intended march to Buraini in 92 The vibe gives its name to the Ghafiri political faction to which
