'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎507] (650/1782)

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In the summer of 1878 'Abdul 'Aziz made a movement against
Masqat^ eliciting a written protest from Colonel Miles; his advance
was arrested by Ghafiri opposition in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail, but not until it
had given rise to a panic in the capital, where the recollection of
Bedouin brutalities in the previous year was still fresh. Apart from
this scare, 'Oman, for the next few years, remained exempt from serious
disturbances.
In 1879 some trouble with the Rinds occarred at Gwadar, and in the
same year Dhufar was re-occupied by troops from 'Oman, after an interval
of fifty years ; but these events, which are related in the Annexures on
Gwadar and Dhufar history, did not re-act on the home politics of Oman.
There were local rebellions in Dhufar in 1880 and 1883.
Such disturbances as occurred in 'Oman itself were purely local or
tribal. One centred upon the fort of 'Ainainin Dhahirah, which early m
1879 was seized from the Miyayihah by some Baluchis. The Baluchis
retained it until 1881, when, being hard pressed by a large Ghafiri
combination, they made it over to the Bam 'All of Yanqul: the Sultan,
it may be remarked, by authorising the Baluchis to hold the fort m his
name, had given great offence to Shaikh Barghash, the Tamimah of all the
Ghifiris. Soon after taking possession of Bait-al-'Amam the Bam Ah
made a successful sortie against the Ghafiri besiegeis, in which ovei
50 men were said to have been killed. In 1881 the Miyayihah were at
war with no less than eight other tribes. <
Another important dispute related to the fort of A^vabi, w c was
held by the 'Abriyin and claimed by the Bani Riyam. It was decided by
the transfer of the fort in 1881, in consequence of an agreement to the
ownership of the Sultan, who retained in it the garrison of the 'Abriym.
But the most serious tribal affray was one which resulted, m July 1881,
from an old feud between the Bani Bu 'Ali and the Bam Bu Hasan
in Ja'alan; it took the form of an attack, after five days notice given,
bytheBani Bti' Ali assisted by the Jannabah, Bam Rasi an is m
upon the Bani Bu Hasan, whom they totally defeated in own
quarter of JawaW-Khuwaisah and drove into the fort. is
ment was described as the most sanguinary ever fought between ^ Om ^
tribes, and was said to have cost the lives of 60 of the Bam u
75 of the Bani Bu Hasan. v.- i j.
In 1882 tha-e was a recrudescence in 'Oman of po i ica io
of a graver kind. On the Uth of March Ihrahim -bin-Qai. once mo.e
seized Masna'ah; but, warned by previous experience, ere j a i
protected the British Indian traders from pillage an an resolved
Ufe of the port continued uudisturbed. The Sultan, however, was resolved
Movementa
of 'Abdul
Aziz, 1878.
Trouble at
Qwadar and
re-annexation
of Dhufar,
1879.
Tribal contest
for possession
of Bait-al-
'Ainain, 1879-
81.
Acquisition
of 'Awabi by
the Sultan,
Battle be
tween Baai
Bu 'Ali and
Bani Bu Ha
san, 1881.
Masna' ah
again taken
by Ibrahim-
bin-Qais and
recovered by
the Sultan,
1882.