"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٤‎٧‎٩] (١٧٨٢/٦٢٢)

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British authorities against abetting his proceedings, especially by sea.
Turki then made Yanqul in Dhahirah his headquarters, and, having
obtained support in that quarter, took Sohar by surprise, but was unable
to hold it.
After this he removed to the Ja'alan District and succeeded
in attaching to his interests the Hirth, Bani Bu Hasan, Hajriyin, and assault on
k\ Wahibah tribes. Finally he set his face towards Masqat, negotiating ^^^7.
with Salim as he advanced for the cession of Sohar, and arrived at
Bidhid in the last days of August. His approach caused much alarm in
Masqat, to allay which the British Government gave it to be known that
Turki, even if successful, would not be recognised by them, and that the
forts of which he might obtain possession would be bombarded by British
vessels of war. Turki, however, pressed on to M atrah, which he captured,
and attacked Masqat, but was repulsed from that place.
At this juncture Colonel Pelly, the British Resident in the Gulf, ^^VBritiah
arrived before Matrah with H. M.'e frigate "Octavia." Turki thereupon Resident and
abandoned his territorial pretensions, asking instead for a liberal pension ; Q^urki to
and, by the mediation of the Resident, it was finally arranged that he should India, 1867.
receive from Salim, by deduction from the Zanzibar subsidy, an annual
stipend of $7,200 and should for the future reside in India under the
supervision of the British Government. Salim was accordingly replaced
in possession of Matrah ; and Turki, on the 11th of Septembei 1867,
embarked for Bombay.
These troubles had scarcely subsided when the peace was again jj ama ^i n .
disturbed by a particularly futile contest between the Sultan and his neai Salimj 1867.
kinsman Hamad-bin-Salim, of which unjustifiable aggressions on the
pare of Salim are said to have been the cause. Hamad, fief-holder of
Masna'ah, which had been conferred on him by his uncle the late Sa'id-
bin-Sultan, was supported by the local tribes ; and Salim, in February
1868, found himself obliged to summon Turki -bin-Ahmad-as-Sadairi, the
Wahhabi agent at Baraimi, to his aid; to call upon the Hinawis of
Ja J alan for assistance ; and to draw upon a sum of $40,000 which had
been placed at his disposal by the Government of India, on the security
of the Zanzibar subsidy withheld at this time by Majid, to the extent
of $10,000. A hollow reconciliation then took place; but the Hinawis
of Ja J alan were not to be baulked of their expected rewards. On the
way to Masqat they allowed themselves to be bought over by Hamad for
a small sum, but shortly returned to their allegiance to Salim ; and, after
draining the resources of Salim dry, they quartered themselves upon
Hamad at Masna'ah and reduced him to the utmost straits for money.