"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٤‎٩‎٤] (١٧٨٢/٦٣٧)

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Renewed
struggle in
Batinah,
1872.
Departure
of 'Abdul
Aziz and
Salim to
India, loss
of Khaburah,
recovery of
GwSdar and
loss of
Chabhar,
1872.
Recovery by
tbe Sultan of
the -whole of
the Batinah
coast, 1873.
Renewed
activity of
the rebels,
attacks on
Gwadar, and
deportation
of 'Abdul
'Aziz to
India, 1873.
In the spring of 1872 Ibrahim succeeded in repossessing- himself of
Majis and Shinas, and laid siege to Liwa ; but the forces of the Sultan
inflicted a severe defeat on him in the Dabbagh quarter of the latter town
and the places which had been lost were recovered.
About the same time Salim, operating from a base in Ja'alan, attempted
to seize Sur; but this attempt also was foiled. At the beginning of May
in the absence at Bombay of Saiyid ^Abdul 'Aziz, a detachment of
^ ahhabi mercenaries was sent over to Gwadar and re-occupied the place
in the name of Turki; but in the meanwhile Chahbar had passed irretriev
ably out of the possession of 'Abdul 'Aziz into that of Persia. The
course of events in autumn was less favourable to the Sultan; for in
September Salim made a raid upon Quryat, in which the Wali'of that
place was wounded, and then again threatened Sur, while Khaburah fell
once more into the hands of Ibrahim-bin-Qais. At the end of the year
the situation again improved, for Salim, having failed to raise a party in
'Oman, left Sur in a native sailing boat for Bombay.
In July 1873 Turki, fortified by the renewal in his favour of the
Zanzibar subsidy and assisted by the Na'im tribe, felt himself strong
enough to undertake the reduction of Sohar; and on this occasion
Ibrahim, who a short time before had received the fort of Hazam also
as a gift from his relative Hamud-bin-Faisal of Rustaq, surrendered
after an investment of a few days only. The entire Batinah coast was
ceded to Turki, while Ibrahim in return merely received a bonus of §5,000
and a pension of §100 a month, the latter conditional upon his living
at or neai Hibi, the only place of strength that remained to him of his
former possessions.
Immediately aftei this success of the Sultan the rebel party again
became veiy active. Abdul 'Aziz and Salim having left Bombay
in separate Baghlahs about the end of May, the former, towards the close
of July, invested Gwadar and nearly succeeded in capturing it. In
August an attempt was made by Salih-biu -'Ali to advance on Masqat;
but it was frustrated by the Ghafiri Nidabiyin and Rahbiyin, who pre^
vented his passage through Wadi-al-'Aqq; a contingent of A1
Wahibah, whom Salih had sent in advance, £jund themselves in a somewWt
precarious position under the walls of Matrah. In September 'Abdul
' Aziz was captured at sea near Sur by the Political Agent, Major
Mockle., in H.M.S. a Rifleman", and was deported to Karachi,
wheie he was kept in honourable detention; a warrant under
Regulation III of 1818 was however prepared, in case he should at any
fcie attempt to escape or to abuse his comparative freedom. A little
the partial advantages gained by Turki were countervailed by the