"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٤‎٥‎٢] (١٧٨٢/٥٩٥)

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the spring 1 of 1851 ; and, but for a terrible disaster at Siwi in 1844, in
wliieb some auxiliaries from the Persian Gulf perched along with his
own Arab force, it might be described as uneventful.
Sa'id again left Masqat in November 1852 on ^is sixth voyage to
Zanzibar, where lie would probably have remained to pass his declining
years in peace, had not circumstances made another visit to his hereditary
capital necessary.
He arrived at Masqat for the last time in May 1854 and was detained
19th October there by Persian affairs until 1856. In September of that year he sailed
once more for Zanzibar, but died at sea on the 19th of October, before
reaching his destination. In this manner more than two-thirds of his
time, after 1829, was spent by Saiyid Sa id either on board ship or in his
African possessions.
Having anticipated the movements and personal history of the ruler, we
now proceed to relate the internal events, the aggressions of the Wahhabis
and the Egyptians, and the transactions with Persia and other powers in
the Gulf which characterised the second part of the reign of Sa'id.
Sixth visit,
1852-54.
Death of Sai-
vrd Sa'ir?
Internal affairs of 'Oman, 1829-56.
Honln'otan Saiyid ^ first 8aile(i for East Af ™ a ^ 1829, he withdrew
and loss by ^ 10 S^' ison that only a few months previously he had thrown into
of Sohar^ett Dlmfar ; but tlle ste I ) iria .>' 1)0 ta keii as a symptom not so much of weak-
1830. 8r ' e ''' 11683 as of ^difference, when more important interests were at stake,
to the fate of a district so remote. Sa'Td endeavoured to secure the peace
of his dominions during his absence by imprisoning at his departure his
cousin Hilal-bin-Muhammad-bin-Ahmad, Wali of Suwaiq, a youth whose
ambition he distrusted, and by subsidising: the Shaikhs of the Qawasim
and Bam Yas; and he appointed his nephew Muhammad-bin-Salim
to act as regent on his behalf. Scarcely had he sailed, however, when
Saiyidah Jokhah. the high-spirited sister of Hilal, seized Suwaiq and
excited a rebellion in Batinah with the object of procuring her brother's
release, and Hamud-bin- Azzan-bin-Qais, at the invitation of the former
subjects of his father, took possession of Sohar, to which he quickly
added Khaburah, Liwa and Shinas. The regent was supported by his
uncle Saiyid Talib, Wali of Rustaq, by his aunt Saiyidah Mozah, who
had betore played an important part in the troubles that followed the
death of Sultan-bin-Ahmad, and bj Muhammad-bin-Nasir, Jabiri; but,
the rebellion continuing to spread, he found himself compelled to invoke
British aid and to despatch a swift vessel to recall Sa'id. The British