"ثورة مسقط، في الفترة من أبريل ١٩١٧ إلى يناير ١٩١٨، واستُأنفت في الفترة من أبريل ١٩٢٠ إلى أكتوبر ١٩٢٠" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٠] (٥٥٨/٢٧٠)

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Please refer to ay moaoran&um Mo.840 dated the
17th April.
Further Information showed that the Imam had gone
to Restaq at the request of his 'brother Naslr bin Rashld to
help him against Ahmed bin Ibrahim, and also to settle tho
qusstlons outstanding between Maslr bin Rashld and Sheikh
Naslr bin Rashld al Ghaflrl, tho chief of the Ben! Ghaflr
tribe, a moderately powerful tribe of the Ghafirl confodora-
-tlon. Inhabiting tho Wadl Benl Ghaflr ( see Persian Gulf
Gazoteer ). On his way ho sent letters to tho various sheikhs
of tho Omanl tribes asking for their help, and also personally
went to Suleiman bin Hamyar to ask his armed asslstanoo. Tho
' sheikhs without exooptlon however excused themselves on tho
grounds that tho date crop was bad, that they saw no reason
for rising, Otc. Sulolman definitely refused to supply tho
quota of one hundred men askod for by the Imam, but told tho
Imam that he himself would bring one thousand men if tho Imam
would nee) all thoir expenses. Thsl wae tantamount to asking
the impossible as all tho world knew that the Imam had nothing
in his treasury. Finmlly tho Imam with a few followers arrived
at Rostaq.
I also received reliable information that tho
Beni Ghafir were contemplating coal a, in to tho Sultan and
had sent emissaries to Ahmed bin Ibrahim for this purpose. I
therefore advised the wazir to proceed to Masnaah, tho nearest
port on the coast to Has., in order to investigate tho
situation, with instructions to make clear to all ccnc.rned
the peaceful intentions of the Sultan's government but at tho