'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [‎18r] (44/558)

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it vilX th$nb* vmlX to whett ground a for com*
plaliu iiav« tho which tnoy hare s©
dlalikod • j C vtiJii quota fraa in® aajaewtoei' X In th« period opto
1875 ho flo4 to Ow&dar 41 tho ill eucoo^o of Turk! a« «
rulojr w^o a ^^voro di^appointsiont to Foany 9 including tho
British authoritios ay ^ho» his aoooBSion had boen rogrtrded
with wo^laoonoy* 11
11 The Bultiin though foehlo in oharaotor and «oae«»
♦times treaoh®rou« in comtuot was of a mild and liberal dispoo*
-ition arid hit» uunth ivao felt to ho a misfortune for Onan *•
* This liUlujft'o authority at a diot moo from hie
iupitaX mo otorywhoro ev$n at th« closo of hio raign, oithor
nomiml or pi^cariouo in short ho was a woak
but not an evil rulor» w
IHofte aro tho indulgont oritioiotto pao««d by British j
offioore oii oner whom they liked poroonally and who during the
concluding yoara of his r^ign enjoyed a imputation with thorn for
•ound Judg&mt in tribal affairs and for skill in tho managoaont
of his Arab Bubjoots but thoy would hardly bo borne out by the
tribes under hia to vrhcm a woaic ruler is an evil mil or and whoso
country away fjrom the Capital was in one constant state of strife
and turmoil with no on® strong enough to give Justice or hoar
complaints*
lis loyalty in slave trade matters * tended to snak^
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IsuUa vtapopulurwith a art a la o X assm of his subjeota" and *
thua haf« 'aeon on*auuas as" hiu exdepandauoe on British
nupport " * JUia would aiao tana to explain Ma friendly
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rtl&timw with ourselves*
wf Baiyid faisal the fir^t reports 1888 to 1694 are
• In fact his# policy from carelessness rather thm from incapa*
►city waa apathetic t and it estranged from him even the best
disposed tribes^4
^ iii» efforts during the next few years to extend his
dijcaot authority or to recover it where lostt were all equally
unfortunate* 19
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