"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٤‎٥‎٣] (١٧٨٢/٥٩٦)

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Resident in the Persian G nlf, instructed by Government, prepared to
support the representative of the absent ruler by every available means 3
a British man-of-war was sent to defend the capital^ which was in danger,
other vessels were held in readiness, and the leaders of the rebellion were
warned to desist from their attempts to overthrow the power of Sa'id.
Sa'id, on his return in May 1830, made light of the insurrection and
dismissed the British cruiser ; but he was foiled in his attempts to reduce
Sohar ; and was ultimately obliged to release Hilal and to agree to the
retention by Hamud of Sohar, Khaburah and Majis in consideration of an
annual tribute of $8,000. Dissatisfied with this settlement, Sa'id, after
engaging the help of the Shaikhs of 'Ajman and Ras-al-Khaimah,
renewed his attack on Sohar; but the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, annoyed that
his aid had not been sought also, kept the Eas-al-Khaimah Shaikh in play
in his own territory ; and, on a successful sortie being made by the
defenders, the 'Ajman Shaikh turned his arms against his employer.
Sa'id then retired to Masqat utterly disgraced, having lost 400 or
500 men. Early in 1832, after entrusting his affairs in ^Oman to his
nephew Muhammad-bin-Salim, to his own eldest son Hilal (whom he
made Wali of Masqat) and to a relation named Sa'ud-bin-' , Ali (whom he
appointed Wali of Barkah), he returned to Africa to resume his
interrupted operations against Mombasah.
Soon after Sa^id^s departure, Sa'ud-bin-'Ali made prisoners at Barkah
of his nominal coadjutors Muhammad-bin-Salim and Hilal who were
on their way to Rustaq; he also laid siege to Masna'ah, but could not
take it. Hamud-bin-^Azzan and Hilal-bin-Muhammad, after taking
part in the ineffectual siege of Masna'ah, proceeded to beleaguer Rus-
taq on their own account, while the Shaikh of Ras-al-Khaimah took
possession of Dibah, Khor Fakkan and Ghallah, places on the Shamai-
liyah coast. Saiyidah Mozah and Muhammad-bin-ISiasir were as before
the mainstay of Sa^id^s party ; and the former succeeded in ransoming
her nephew and grand-nephew from Sa^ud-bin-'Ali by a payment of
<|8,000. The British Government also lent effectual aid, the Assistant
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf being at once deputed to Masqat
with a respectable naval force, and a man-of-war being stationed tbeie
as a guardship till the immediate danger was past. Sa^id, on his aiii\al
at Masqat in September 1832, was obliged to condone the rebellion ; but
he succeeded in inducing Sa^ud-bin-'Ali to exchange Ids W ilayat of
Barkah for that of Rustaq. Tiie British Government turned a deaf
ear to the Saiyid^s requests for aid in recovering his Shamailiyah posses
sions from the Qawasim, and atlvised him to remain at home in future
and protect his hereditary dominions.
Second rebel
lion in 'Oman
and loss by
Saiyid Sa'id
of bis posses
sions in
Shamailiyah,
1832.