"ثورة مسقط، في الفترة من أبريل ١٩١٧ إلى يناير ١٩١٨، واستُأنفت في الفترة من أبريل ١٩٢٠ إلى أكتوبر ١٩٢٠" [و‎‎٤] (٥٥٨/١٦)

BUSMtSf K'SlMKOt.
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No. jo~c ofI'ni. ;, ..
political -^ency i nd onsulnte, an oat* (5^
Tho 8Sth ..pril 1917.
To
STon
^ajor :>• Haworth # X• . f
rolitic 1 Agent n<l Consul, u^oat#
The Chief Political >ffic«r #
B'tsra*
Sir,
a . With reference to the corrf?pond<ince ending
//Ul (lefibj
with/your tele^rt^ji Ho* ^ d t^ad the O^Art^-v
I hnve the honour to inform you that during the last week
the lJoam l 8 forces have be- n hesieijin Kustaq*
lea bin n lih wara a^ain^t thi^ proceeding and
has not joined it.
The Kuotaq Chief wrote to Hi^ Highness the Sultan
asking for help cui^ His li^hneRB instructed the Wali of
Boh/ir to get what a distance he could to send help to
Uastaq*
His Highness has now ijiforraed me that he has
collected florae 2000 or 3000 wen at Maanaah who will pro-
-coed to 'asm and see what can b s done t^ ^ive a blow at
the mam f s men who it is riiraoured are noraewhit disheartened
at t'leir f- iluro to t?ike Tustaq.
Ttjt n Highness infoms nn that i** they meet v;ith
any success th« attack on the Iiaan will bn follov/ed up
otherwise his men will return to the coast • n other word^
he is feeling- the posi tion and if it a Units of it will st rik e
at the Tmum 1 s forces#
Keports are very Viried but I an doubtful whether
the tribes who are su orting the rultan i.e. the :eni mar,
Kawasineh, iyaisfi)i f iqabil, iieni Ja.bir ate re doin#
their
more th ;.n playing usual game of nilkintj the Sultan dry
A,
without