'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [‎14r] (36/558)

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given must be continued to a successor if he Is to maintain
his plaoo for the withdrawal of the support is practically
an oncourageaent to attack,
Turki died in 1888 and was succeedod by his son
Faisal, Abdul Aniz led a rising in 1880 but since it had not
the support of Salih bin Ali it was abortiTe.
In 1895 a successful attack was made on Muscat* Abdullah
a son of Salih bin Ali entered the town on the ground of a
meeting with Saiyid Faisal, His adherents seised the gates
of the city and admitted a large number of confederates* The
Sultan^ palace was attacked and Saiyid Faisal himself only
succeodod
xMawcpstf in escaping by fleeing over the intervening roofs
to the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. from whence he escaped to ttom fort
Jalali which overlooks the building*
The British representatives remained neutral but
objected to the more effective blockade of fort Jalali from
the quarter in which the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. is situated*
In the end Ghafiri reinforcements arrived for the
Sultan while Salih bin Ali arrived with considerable numbers
as an addition to the insurgents with the result that the
situation ended in a deadlock which was finally terminated
by the Sultan paying 12,000 dollars to the robols together
with agreeing to the payment of a pension to the Rostaq family*
this rebellion is interesting for the control
shown by the rebel leaders*
While they were in charge of the town no plunder-
-ing was allowed and they gave it to be generally under-
-stood that they had come not to rob but to set up a ruler
who would be able to make his power respected throughout the
country*
Abdullah bin Salih wrote to 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. and
attempted to establish a community of interest between the
rebel loaders and the British representative while great
deference was expressed for the opinion of the latter*
A few days later Muhsin bin ♦Amr waited on the
political