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Fresh r
in Dhufar
Events in or connected with Dhufar from 1897 to 1907.
risings Sulaiman-bin-Suwailim having reached Dhufar and taken over charge
i^uafar of the district on the 15th of April 1897, the familiar tale of discontent
th d 1 f aild illsurrection was shor % resumed. In April and May about 45 men
the unpopu- of the ' 0malli g arrisou in Dhufar deserted in two parties and returned to
lar Wali, Masqat; and about the same time the inhabitants of Hafab, instigated
1897. as was supposed by the Wali, attacked the people of Salalah and killed
one of them. The Sultan, when news of the last affair reached him
wrote via Bombay and Aden to recall feulaiman-bin-Suwailim from
Dhufar, and sent Saiyid Saif-bin-Ya'arab to succeed him as Wali •
Sulaiman, however, did not see tit to comply at once with the Sultan's
mandate ; and, when at length he quitted Dhufar in February 1898 he
brought Saif-bin-Ya'arab away with him and left one of his own slaves
a worthless and illiterate Nubian, in charge of the district. His
dtpaituie Has piobably delayed at the end by an affair which occurred
in November 1897, in which another of his nephews, together with an
Arab who accompanied him, was killed by Qaras. It was on his way
back to Masqat at the beginning of 1898 that Sulaiman called at Sur
and, by his inconsiderate dealings with the inhabitants, prepared the
Alleged way lor the revolt which took place there later in the year
breach by G . J
the Sultan of J?® 011 ai:ter t,lls an incident arose at Masqat in connection with the
nik ?- guarantee 5^ terms granted by the Sultan's brother to the
fo the iebels 18 k 9 v ln Ma ^ 1898 Shaikh «alim-bin-Hamad, Marhuni,
1898. ! eader of . the re hellion, was brought to Masqat under arrest and placed
in close confinement; aiid a month later his cousin, 'Umr-bin-'Abdullah,
was similarly treated. Major Fagan, then Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at
Masqat, being informed that the imprisonment of Salim-bin-Hamad had
been procured by Sulaimau-bin-Suwailim on account of the murder of
ms son m 1895, an offence clearly covered by the amnesty of 1897,
demanded the immediate release of the Shaikh; but the Sultan refused,
. la i 1 * / [ ebeill0n ^ahm had again incited the tribes to
inrmirv ^ fi ^ ^ ^ a j or ^a-gan then pressed for a public
nqnir>, v\ Inch also the Sultan declined lo allow. As ihe Government of
XmaZntl S ?i 1Sfied 0f tlie accuiac y of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's
n resnonse T ^ *** ^ I Jressed ' but in December 1898,
both prisoners 7 SUgg f t 10 " ^ Ma j or Fa 8 an . the Sultan released
Werful sister of Sa'id4in-Ibra3 of Kusta™ al> P 10achui S marria g e wlth the
agaillr the a frth trLfefrose'if i)hufai 9 ' J ' f" 1 "/™ 411 bein g s,i11 employed elsewhere.
Sultan, 1699. f or t i n fi .p • . 11 t wo occasions supplies destined for a
acting U ^li n n J- Were . i 'P^ercepted on the way by Bedouins. The
ambuscade for th .TF a V ^tempt to victual the place, prepared an
Bedouins werp Ir'l 6 ! ^ ' %r,' stratagem was successful and nine of the
and leinforrpmp f t at riomads 0: ^ the country then rose en masse,
Governor • but ^n t / rom ,^ as< l a t were urgently requested by the Depu^
with the otiiciak 6 , , [ e settled inhabitants of the district took part
itgelf. agains ie Jbedouins, and the insurrection tubsided of
pt it ^