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made by the discontented Hawasinah to prevent the Indian traders of
Khfiburah from obtaining- crews for their boats.
The " Khiva In 1S93, however, when the S. S. " Khiva" with pilgrims for
Jiddah was destroyed by fire off Murbat in Dhufar, the Sulban sent
the Zanzibar steamer ' Avoca," then at Masqat, to the assistance of
the de&titute cr.'W and passengers ; and his creditable conduct on this
occasion, as well as that of the local Shaikhs, was acknowledged by the
Government of India and rewarded by suitable presents.
tical'A eno*' In 1889-90 the British Political Agency, an old and inconvenient
at" Masqat ^ ,)uildin S"> was reconstructed on the same site at a total cost of Hs. 87,000
rebuilt, 1890. and re-occupied in July 1890. A sum of Rs. 2,000 was subsequently
granted for the purchase of furniture.
The rebellion of 1895,
Causes. The principal causes of the rebellion and attack on Masqat which we
are about to describe were undoubtedly the estrangement of Salih-bin- J Ali
from the Sultan's cause, the dissatisfaction of some of the Hinawi tribes
under Salih s influence with the existing regime, the weakness—due to
his own apathy of baiyid Faisal's military and political position, and
the non-renewal in his favour by the British Government of the
guarantee of support which they had given to his father Turki.
of 0 the ^Sultan a ^ 0U o^ ^ ese factors were sufficient in themselves to account
of Zanzibar. ^ 01 outbreak, there can be little doubt that an additional impulse and
a special direction were imparted to the movement from Zanzibar. At
the accession of Saiyid Faisal his uncle Khalifah-bin-Sa'id was Sultan of
Zanzibai and gave evidence of a favourable disposition towards him by
presenting him, at the beginning of 1889, with 200 rifles, some ammunition
and 6,000Jbs. of gunpowder. The successor of Khalifah was 'Ali, also a
son of ba id , and he too, during a reign of three years beginning in
, 890, ^ ave no s y m P to ni of harbouring designs on 'Oman. On the death of
V in March 1893, however, the Zanzibar Sultanate passed to his nephew
ad bin fhuwaim, nhose earlier years had been spent in 'Oman and
w 10 retained a strong interest and many friends in the land of his birth.
By January 1894 a stream of 'Omani Arabs had begnn to pour into
nzibar, and frequent suggestions were made in Hamad's ear that he
should possess himself of 'Oman. Among the visitors were 'Abdullah, a son
of the notonou, Salih-bin-'Ali, and Shaikh Muhsin-biu-'Amr, both of the
tribe; also Hamud-bin-Sa'id the Jahafi, the well-known raider; these