"ثورة مسقط، في الفترة من أبريل ١٩١٧ إلى يناير ١٩١٨، واستُأنفت في الفترة من أبريل ١٩٢٠ إلى أكتوبر ١٩٢٠" [و‎‎٢‎٤‎١] (٥٥٨/٤٩٤)

I, 23^®
It is a fact however that from the death of Saiyid
^e power of the Sultan <^rer the interior became more
han ever. Attacks could only he warded off by bribery,
no revenue was obtained, travel was dangerous and there were
several attempts by the Omani tribes to set up Imams of their
own. An attempt had actually been made in 1849. In 1868 Azzan
bin (4ais an/ elected Imam actually ruled in Muscat, and though
later ejected many similar attempts were made during the reign
of Turki and the earlier years of the reign of ^aisal to depose
the Sultan, who may have said to have been saved only by our
oupport.
Finally in 1913, after an elaborate conspiracy of
several years fostered by the famous blind Ibadhi mullah
Sheikh Abdullah bin Humaid as Salimi,the Oman tribes rose in
a body elected Sallm bin ^ashid aX Kharusl as their Imam and
by 1915 had obtained complete control of all Oman
proper where they organised a government.
It will thus be seen that for more than 60 years
there has been active opposition to the ruling house by the
Oman tribes. The causes of this opposition may be briefly
summarised as follows;-*
(1) Religion. According to the Ibadhi religion
their ruler must be elected. The Sultans who
had not undergone this formality were therefore
userpera. the
(2) The personal character Sultans themselves .
This deteriorated at an alarming rate, and the
repeated assertion of the Omani tribes that
they were unfit to rule does not la«k justi-
-fication.
(3) The character of the Sultans' rule, "his was
corrupt to a degree, and the element of
personal control and touch by the ruler himsel
which with the ■"Tab will palliate even the
worst forms of corruption, was completely
^.ent