'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎614] (757/1782)

Frosb maclii-
nations
against Saiyid
Tnrki i n
Makrfin, 1874.
Capiure and
deportation
of Salim,
October
1876.
Fondness of
Saiyid Turki
for Gwidar
and iiis biter
residences
and proceed
ings there.
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Manora " tug, carrying 60 armed police under a European officer ar
rived from Karachi, whence they had been despatched under the orders of
Government ; and Captain Mockler arranged for a cordon to be drawn
across the isthmus and called upon Saiyid Salim to surrender. The
summons, however, was ignored; and, shortly after nightfall, Salim
with the loss of a horse which was shot under him, succeeded in breaking
through the line and in gaining the open country. As it was impossible
to pursue him into Persian territory negotiations were re-opened, but
Salim still declined the terms proposed; and in the end he escaped from
Makran and made his way back to his original retreat on Qishm Island.
In April 1874 Saiyid'Abdul 'Aziz, a brother of Salim-bin-Thuwaini
left Masqat surreptitiously with one Dahu, the same African who had
given trouble at Gwadar in 1870, and landed, probably with disloyal
intentions, at Puzim in Makran ; but, in the month of September follow
ing, <lio pair were brought back in custody to Masqat by Din Muhammad,
chief of the Dashtyari district, whom the Sultan had suborned. The
erring Saiyid was confined in the palace and not otherwise punished;
but Dahu disappeared and was believed to have been executed.
From August to December 1875, Saiyid Turki himself resided at
Gwadar, having virtually resigned the sovereignty of 'Oman for the time
being into the. hands of his brother 'Abdul ' Aziz, to whom he had been
partially reconciled. In October, during his sojourn at Gwadar, Saiyid
Salim, his principal rival, was arrested at sea by a British man-of-war
under the orders of 1873 and deported to India.
Gwadar was again visited by the Sultan in August and September
1881 for change of air, and in January 1883 ; shortly after his visit in
1883 he caused the garrison to be reinforced by a draft of 80 Wahhabis ;
and between 1884 and 1886 a post was constructed under his orders at
Pishukan, on the western boundary of the Gwadar enclave. In 1888
shortly before his death, Saiyid Turki, for whom Gwadar had always
had _ a special attraction, wished to separate it from the rest of his
dominions and confer it on his eldest son Muhammad: but this intention
remained unfulfilled.
Difficulties witk the Rind tribe, 1875-86.
A .out 18 /0 strained relations arose between the Sultan's officials at
i Wa a ! ai \ ® aluchi tribe of Kinds, whose headquarters are in Mand,
f , 0Se _ 0 , 1 mi ^ 1 - a j n ^ ier ^ ^ a distance of about 80 miles from
f/f R'ud country is open and not destitute of cultivation,
' • -7 ^ S ; ien §^h of the tribe is only about 1,500 men, and the
bno'?'' 0 * 8 ^ crs ordinarily follow peaceful pursuits; but the
f]/. + Ii 1 ' ' r "i, 0 - 61 aU( ^ P 0 ssess little influence over individuals, and
control 36 01 18 leason 3,10 P rone t 0 misbehave and difficult to
fcjret