"مختارات من سجلات حكومة بومباي" [‎١‎١‎٨] (٧٣٣/١٦٠)

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ROUTE FROM BRYMEE TO SOHAR
«ud to have had their attention first directed towards it bv .1
inhabitants attempting to rebel, and the Wahabee General findin" 3
it necessary to summon the chiefs on the Arabian rv . . , . ndln g
capture the place, which was soon eifecfed ^he H f ^ ^
consisted merely of a wall of mud or sun did bricl l w
and entrusted to the charge of a Wahabee garrison ' ti ,' Improved '
was called Bin Gendrik, was shortly afterwards succeedeV'by TnoTher
ofSoud, the Wahabee Chief's General, the famous Mootluk to who
principally attributed the obstinate resistance and bra™' fl 0 ^
Sh.nas aga t the British in 1809 ; and it was under his superintendence
the fort received its present shape, and was surrounded b V the ditch
now forming its most formidable line of defence.
falf ofT haS bCen gen " ally 1,eld b y the Wahabees to the date of the
.ill of their power and influence, when the Naeem tribes assumed
possession in independence. Being from its position and advantages a
p arc of considerable importance, its capture would be deemed essential
by any force invading Oman. tssennai
ROUTE FROM BRYMEE TO SOHAR,
T raversed in J anuary -F ebruary 1840.
Names.
Brymee
to Bir-
ooI-Hu-
rnecza.
Wadi-
ool-Tiz-
zee.
Shigee-
ree.
Saleet.
Hours.
Direction.
Remarks.
E^by N . Arnbek, a place on the road in the hills, having wells, and
NE.
NE.
NE.
At Bir-ool-IIumeeza (off the
road all the way very good.
abundance of good
track) is a good well. The
and water in several places.
1 he bed ot a mountain torrent, near a fine date grove, called
the Jrukhl-ool-Heil, with a fine stream of water. Two
hours further, another large date grove, the Nukhl bin
Kuttub, with also a stream of good water, and two hours
further Shigeeree.
A pass between two high peaks in the Wadi-ool-Tizzee.
Iheie is here a round tower (Heerinal Shigeeree), built by
the Imaum of Muskat, but now belonging to Harned bin
Syf (Ool Bokhee Banee), and a spring of good water.
Two hours further an aqueduct upon arches, crossino- a
ravine called El Molana, belonging to the Kurnide Arabs,
and two hours further Saleet.
A small town, with large date groves, and a fine stream of
water. From Ool Humeeza to Saleet (eleven and a half
hours) the road very good, winding through high moun
tains. Plenty of water all the way, but no forage, except