'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [‎19r] (46/558)

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* This rsilutihle vuppert of ^&iih hir* Jili m~» retained
by the SuXUs-tt ei&y till vhfcii he feXifenatod it hy shewing
favour «* Said his* All a rival uU«ikh of the Hirth &nct the
oatastiaphe irais was not long delayed. «
r xhti l>uXfcHn bto\;H'*riCrn ibBfe and played on the whole a
a less cottspi&u&u& am; ouoo^Sttful part in reoonclling trioal
ditl&r*m*s& tlmn Ma subject aalih bin Ui 9 or the quasi-rebel
Ibrahiw bin ^aaia ohiei of Kontaq*
At Ign&th in tho begiimxng of loiy 1911 at tha invi-
•tation of 3alih bin All tlu* Bultau 9 who Uaa ehomi a repsreh&na*
«iblo apathy in the mtt«r xnterv&ned.*
in iS9& after th$ rebellion th($ British GoYarmaerrc ex-
*t$ndo4 to Baiylu Valval th«r ^arantfeft given to his father that
they would not allocs attackes to be made upon Mu«oat or Mattrah
whatever diffemoes the aultan i&ight have with his tribes and a
notifioation to that efteot me given to the chiefs of the tribes
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1% my be noted that althougli we have on eaoh oooaeion
m. adc; reference xo the ports ol irueoat and Mattrah alone we
have in aotual xaot extendi the prinoiple throu. hout to all the
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porte of the Batineh ooaet and also to Kur>at A at whieh are
resident Biitieh eub^eote* thus staintalniug tor the Sultan hie
control of the entire ooaet line from Kuryat northwarde* "
jraisal*e ad&iinietration later made some improvement and
he obtained poseeeriion of various plaoee notably Kiawah in the
interior* On hie death in 1914 Major kno* the rolitioal Agent
of the time wrote of hi» * He was undoubtedly a weak ruler but
hie pleasant genial manners and aooeseibility won hisa some
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popularity 11 k the neutral result in a place like Muscat was
ohaoa in the admnistxation**•
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I'he neutral ord^r of tnliige in the history of un^
•oivilieed er semi^oivilised oountries whether European or
Oriental is for weak dynasties of this nature to be overcame by
sazts more virile line which arises*
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in Musoat this tendency would be even stronger
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