'Muscat. Desire of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal to Abdicate.' [‎25br] (59/408)

tixe ia.it ruler o^tUat country to rearde in liusta^. The supreme
power of tue «M«as M te».di^ to lose spiritual ar.d ^ain tem-
-poral aspects. 'JSiere liad been a tiae, undoubtedly-dien tue sway
■ r * 1 11 - ; lts ; os^ue.tiie reli^ic-.irf centre of tte cou .t] y
some, S
Had at any rate figura tire significance as implyxiig tee control
ofAtan. H ub was c. ..arng to be „ ^ the TOaiaiC33 of g Lii Mn
^ed -as increased by tee veryZaccessibility of bis position 1
at Hustaq vvnicb. proved n^no" leas tean bis protection.
About 1784 / the temporal po.ver .<as usurped by Said'a son
.am.:, named irikciueTing bis usurption bad recourse to intrigue
ano. deceit, but ne refr^ed from violence and Jus couduct may be
excused on toe ground of bis father's incompetence and of tee
impossibility of mar,taming tbe ascendency of tee family by any
aiB reign, was disterbed by tbe efforts made by bis
uncles beif and oultan to obtain tne mastery.
.vio-r nameu's deate.tae Imam Abmed made a sbort lived
effort to assert nimseif but oa^id Sultan soon made nimaelf
master of tne country. In 1604 sultan was snot *iulst carrying ^
-ut operations at sea against the *ababis. i^or a time after nis
ueate atable government ceased to exist but ^adar bin Self final-
-ly auccscdtd in assertii^ biBself with tee aid of the Wahabis,
uo? ...-.r was assasmated by his nephew Said. This |
action p/of said'a/3 ^ was generally applauded arid accepted as a
pro or of jiia capacity to ruie e
caid died in lobe. At tue time of ius death his son xhu.,ai:*
was tee de facto ruler in Muscat whilst his son aajid was ruling
'analbar and a maritime conflict between them ..as prevented and
teeir claims adjudicated by the British uovemment. The claim of
aiyi;. iuxxi to tne independent possession of sohar was negatived
by Government at tne saiae time.
xn lo.b xnuwaini was asaasinated by his son Salim who
assumed tiie ouJLtanate,.
In 1 ■■o Azaan bin -ais organized a re^eiiion and expelled
Salim^
j-ii x /I Turici organized a rebellf on ^ ,
.vzjan ..as iciiled in the