'History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.' [‎92] (125/612)

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INTRODUCTrON
crowns on this occasion." 1 This tribute appears to have
been paid regularly from that time up to the termination, in
1852, of hostilities between the Seyyid Said and Kais-bin-
, Azzan, of Sohar, but on the return of the former to Zan
zibar, towards the end of that year, the AVahhaby Amir
dispatched his agent, es-Sudairy, to el-Bereimy, instructed
to make the most extravagant demands upon the Seyyid
Thuwainy, which he backed up by overrunning all the
northern districts. According to our author, ' f he eventually
agreed to accept the amount of Kanun [tribute] which the
Seyyid Said had formerly paid to the sons of Silud." This
probably refers to the compact entered into between the
Seyyid Said and Mutlak-el-Mutairy, in 1811, (see pp. 324-5),
where, however, the sum stipulated to be paid is not stated.
But the Bombay Government records are more explicit as
regards what occurred on the occasion under review. The
agent employed is stated to have been 'Abdallah, the son of
the Amir Faisal, who came "avowedly as the arbiter and re-
dresser of wrongs which the chief of Sohar and the tribes on
the Batina coast had suffered at the hands of Seyyid Said,"
demanding the immediate cession of Sohar and the payment
of so large an amount of tribute that it was clear he in
tended to threaten Maskat. " The active intervention of the
Resident [in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ] at this period, and the moral
support afforded to the Government of Muscat by the appear
ance of a war vessel on the Arabian coast, induced the Waha-
bee chief to enter into negotiations, which ended in a treaty
of alliance, offensive and defensive, between Syud Thoweynee
and Abdoola-bin-Fysal, whereby the Muscat Government
agreed to pay to the Wahabee Ameer an annual tribute of
12,000 crowns, besides arrears to the extent of 6,000 [or
60,000] crowns, and the usual supply of provisions and
stores. The Wahabee likewise pledged himself to assist
1 Precis regarding Muscat and its Relations with the Wahalee Power,
p. U.