"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٥‎٢‎٨] (١٧٨٢/٦٧١)

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Pinal depar-
tare of
'Abdul ' Az!r,
from 'Oman,
1890.
Dissensions
between
Hinawia and
Ghafiris,
1890-93.
Wlod The Na 'im oontingent, disappointed of aetive service, looted the
Yal Sa ad country as they passed through it on their homeward jouruev
amud-bin-Sa'id, deserted by his followers and unahle to reo-ain Sharaivah
by crossing the intervening hostile country without an 0^, mad his
submission to the Wali of Barkah and was pardoned by Saiyid Faisal
..1 sent home in safety. The movement against Saiyid Faisal which
we lave just described had apparently the sympathy, but not the active
support, of Ibrahim-bin-Qais, whose allowance had been discontinued b y
the new ruler. '
h l't b f 'f zr " emained at Ru6t5 q nntil the end of March 1890, when
e eft for Abu Dhabi. In June he arrived at Bushehr and, after an
interview with the Resident, sailed for Bombay, whence he did not again
urn (o vex the politics of 'Oman. Until his death in 1907 he continued
o reside in the Bombay Presidency, supported by the bounty of his
relatives, the Sultans of 'Oman and Zanzibar.
The passage of Hamnd the Jahafi through the country at the begin-
andol-fi r mdlreCt CaU6e 0f mUCh t '' 0 " ble k ' tw<!en Hinawis
coast aTd 18 T 1 an<1 eVeUtUal,y comm »°i^ion between
' ""f 0 ; ™ "irrupted, and the trade of Masqat and Matrah
bvEudVf n ; In Jan " a17 1890 some 400 shee P were raided
by Hamud s fo lowmg from the Ghafii i Rahbiyln. and the Rahhiyin almost'
immediately letahated by an attack in Wori; q -'i
: n fi, tr- - • t ,' ^ ama1 ^ on a caravan belong-
■ng to the Hmawi A1 Wahibah and Hal,us tribes; 40 camels were
earned off and 6 rneiiibGrs of flia TTir»~
Tn ^ 1 Q f , c XT Hmawi caravan were killed in this affair.
In the last week of November 1890 a caravan oP 80 camels from Masqat,
nlund W ; h ?00dB ^longing to the Hmawi Hirth, was completely
Plundered, on its way up W 4 di Samai., by the Gh a 6ri Bani Jabir Thl
the Gha 0 fir| Pr f f 0tOr ^ the caravan . h ™ s elf a Maskari and therefore of
with aboat 20 -
r: nrr ^.h.b, n .'Aii brought wL
which continued until April' Januar: '' 1 ^ 1 - This condition of affairs,
of Masqat and Matr^b, forlTthe'Z '' 17 ^ ^
the up-country districts nor co„l I ,1 J me, ' chand,se be sent fOT sak '»
and it was fearer! f e * outstanding there be realised j
and .t was feared at one time that a number of the British Indian trader
m those towns would be obi i owl j, • 1111811 lnaian "aders
beginning of May 1801 at the "f lneSS - At lensth in the
who had hitherto sLI^ replrer K 1011 0f f &1 ; h - bin -' AIi . ^ulten,
P sible apathy in the matter, intervened