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About this time, a party of the Mashaikh tribe, who are now believed
to be ,n league with the Bani Bu Ali, stationed themselves on the voTd
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On the same day, a caravan leaving ,Sur for Budiyah was seized by the
same party of Fuwaris who had looted the British dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. . It was recovered
su isequently. It left Sur again on the 29th September but was seized by
a party of the Bam Bu Ah and taken to Aiqa. ^
Mahomed bin Nasir wrote to say that his truce with the Hiiriyin tribe
was broken and he was stopping all caravans from Budiyah. The Bani
Bu Ah also proposed charging anchorage fee and registering all dhows in
bur creek and Khor Jarama , -
A b° ut ‘his time a block house formerly belonging to the Fuwaris but
taken irom them by Captain Alban and handed over to the Muscat author
ities, was seized by the gang of Fuwaris mentioned above. This block
house commanded the road between Sur and Balad as Sur.
On the 13th October, letters were received by the Council of Ministers
and by 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. from Sheikh Isa bin Saleh objecting to the
Amirs hoisting a foreign flag at Aiqa or to the Bani Bu Ali making any
^ forei g ner and askin £ ^r the matter to be represented to
II. B. M s. (government telegraphically.
The Council of Ministers called on 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. on the 13th and
again on the 15th October. They laid much emphasis on the seriousness of the
situation. Ihey stated they were unable to deal with the Bani Bu Ali but
proposed taking action against the gang of Fuwaris with the gun of the “A 1
Saeed” and 50 men of the Muscat Infantry. They asked for the moral
support of one of H. M.’s Sloops.
The Council of Ministers on board S,S. “Al Saeed”, and the Political
Agent on board H. M- S. “Crocus” arrived at Sur on the 23rd October
The block house occupied by the gang of Fpwaris was bombarded on the
24th October but the gun of the “Al Saeed” was not powerful enough to
do much damage. The gang evacuated the block-house but reoccupied it
again after the departure of H. M. S. “Crocus” and S.S. “Al Saeed”.
Fighting was reported about this time between the Bani Bu Ali and
Bam Bu Hassan. An engagement took place at Nijood in which the
former had five and the latter three casualties.
On the 14th November the block-house mentioned above was bombard
ed by H. M. S. “Cyclamen” in the presence of His Excellency the Naval
Commander-in-Chief on board H. M. ,S. “Effingham”. The'"Council of
Ministers and 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. being on board H. M. S. “Cyclamen”
Amir Ali bin Abdullah left Sur for Jeddah via Aden early in Novem
ber.
In December, two askaris of the Wali were shot by men of the
Makhana section.
Affairs in Sheikh Isa bin Saleh’s and the Imam’s relations
with the Muscat State have been friendly throughout the year.
Sheikh Suleiman al Baruni has continued in the service of the Imam
His financial scheme was opposed by the people of Rustaq Nizwa nnd
Badiyah and fell through. The people of Semail however paid thdr ta^s
without opposition.
Suleiman al Baruni’s son Saeed who was with his father returned to
Constantinople on August 21st via Iraq.
In February Sheikh Amer bin Khamis al Maliki an important and
influential Qazi of Nizwa died.
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