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from ^Oman ; and Turk! on the other hand refused to grant him terms
except on condition of his residing out of the country.
The principal event of 1876, however, was a serious incursion into ^
the Sultan's territories by Hamud-bin-Sa'id the Jahafi. This pestilent Hamud the
rascal, who had been imprisoned by Turki in April, was very imprudently JdhRii ' 18 ' 6,
released at the request of Salih-bin-'Ali in July ; and in September he
descended from Sharqiyah on the Batinah accompanied by a gang of
marauders, without the approval, it would seem, on this occasion of either
Salih-bin-'Ali or Ibrahim-bin-Qais. Passing through Rustaq he com
mitted depredations at Jammah, all but captured the Sultan's second
eon Faisal and favourite Numaish at Tarif, and so reached Sib; but, on
finding that the British Indian traders there had withdrawn leaving
little booty behind, he plundered the bazaar of what it contained and pro
ceeded to Saham, securing at the latter place some property of Hindus
which the owners had not time to remove or to conceal. Hamud next
joined himself to the Ma'awal of Wadi Ma'awal, whose relations with the
Sultan had always been bad—chiefly on account of lands confiscated by
'Azzan-bin-Qais and bought in by the MVawal at a low price and
who at this time were in overt rebellion. The people of !Nakhl and
Samail, however, having come to blows with the Maa^al and inflicted
severe loss upon them, the intervention of the Sultan was sought, and
he seized the opportunity to obtain the expulsion of Hamud from the
Ma'awal country.
In 1877 afresh attempt was made on Masqat by the discontented
subjects of the Sultan. The moving spirit as usual was Salih-bin- Ali,
assisted by the Mutawwa' party, and an attempt was made to give the
movement a creditable appearance by alleging "His Highness s ineli-
giousness and laxity of morals " as the chief cause of popular dissatisfac
tion. The approach of the rebels was announced by a letter from
Salih-bin-'Ali which reached Mr. Robertson, the Acting Political
Agent at Masqat, on the 9th of June. Mr. Robertson was entirely
new to his position, and H.M.S. " Teazer" had left the port the
day before; but Colonel Miles was still at Masqat, and Mr. Robertson
acted in consultation with him in the crisis which followed. On the 14th
of June the rebels, notwithstanding a written remonstrance from the
Political Agent, pushed on to Matrah and occupied that town unopposed,
not, however, before Mr. Robertson and Colonel Miles had removed the
Hindu traders of the place with their valuables to boats in the haibour.
The Khojahs at this time desired to remain in their foit, wheie they con
sidered themselves safe. Salih had failed to persuade Abdul Aziz to join
him upon this occasion, but he was accompanied by Hamud t e a a ,
Second rebel
attack on Mas
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1877.