"ثورة مسقط، في الفترة من أبريل ١٩١٧ إلى يناير ١٩١٨، واستُأنفت في الفترة من أبريل ١٩٢٠ إلى أكتوبر ١٩٢٠" [و‎‎١‎٥] (٥٥٨/٣٨)

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pelitloaX Agent and sought to lmpre8» upon him that the
insurrection wae a general Hinawi moYement for the purpose
ef dethroning the reigning Sultan "but that the tribes
desired nothing so much as the friendship and support ef
the British 0overnment® Another point of interest is that
Salih bin Ali admitted responsibility for any damage done
by his followers to the property of British subjeotSt
The looting which subsequently took plaee was
started by the levies of the Sultan and not by these ef the
rebels though when the latter found that they were to with
draw they did much wanton damage*
In 1896 Salih bin Ali was killed at the age of 75
after 25 years of opposition to the Sultans Turki and Faisal*
jfrom 1895 to 1898 our relations with Saiyid Faisal
were Tery strained largely ©wing to our want ef support of
him at the time of the rebellion. This period was also marked
by the rise ef French influence which however is a matter which
dees net •ffect this report.
From 1899 until his death in 1913 our relations
with Faisal were excellent.
In 1900 the name ef Isa bin Salih the son of the
eld rebel Salih bin Ali and the leader of the present
rebellion first appears.
To quote from the Ctasetteer 11 Isa ........ was a
dignified ascetic and bigoted character on whom in this
respect the mantle of his father Sheikh Salih bin Ali had
fallen".
In 1901 the family of Sheikh Salih bin Ali had a
share in the obstruction ef the first British expedition
which went under the auspices of the Sultan to examine the
eeal deposits in the hinterland behind Sur.
In the same year Isa bin Salih wrote a threatening
letter to the Sultan relating to the manumission of slaves.
In 1903 he continued the policy of his father
his intetion being according to the Gazetteer 9 to revive
the