"تقرير عن إدارة المقيمية السياسية في الخليج العربي والوكالة السياسية في مسقط لسنة ١٨٨٢-١٨٨٣." [ظ‎‎٤‎١‎٨] (١٦٦/٢٣)

20 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN Gl'LF POLITICAL
derance of strength at the cost of the Nidabee-een. This at any rate
was their excuse, but I think the true source of their disaffection is to
be found in the usual fickleness of the 'Omdnees.
7. For the remainder of the official year, the tranquillity of the
country generally remained undisturbed.
8. On the 16th August Seyyid Mahomed, Wali of Sohar, His
Highness Seyyid Toorkee^s eldest son, came to spend the ^Eed of Ramad-
zan in Muscat; he returned to Sohar on the 26th August.
9. In the beginning of October, a Sindhee, named Ismaeel Eesa, was
robbed at Muttra in open day by some Wahabees, and was further
insulted and threatened in presence of Seyyad Feisul by a Sheikh of the
Wahabee mercenaries. After some pressure His Highness Seyyid
Toorkee imprisoned the Sheikh for 10 days and made him pay $13 to the
Sindhee by way of compensation. The other offenders, however, escaped.
10. During this month Saleh-bin-Ali (A1 Harith) of Ibra asked per
mission to visit the Sultan in Muscat, accompanied by 150 followers.
His Highness declined the proposed visit.
11. About this time also the Makabeel and Naeem were reported to
be devastating the country about Sohar, not, however, from any political
motive, but solely for the sake of plunder.
12. On the 4th November, Seif-bin-Musin (Beni Hina), commander
of the garrison (composed of Beni Hina) of the strong fort of Hazam
in the Batineh, which for the last 12 years has belonged to Ibraheem-biu-
Keis (Alboo Saeed), returned from a visit to Hilal-bin-Zahir (Beni
Hina), (one of the most leading men in the country) at Nezwa, and im
mediately turned the wife and all the servants of Ibraheem-bin-Keis
out of the fort. Hilal-bin-Zahir, who was undoubtedly at the bottom of
the affair, wrote to His Highness Seyyid Toorkee, that if he would give
him active support, he would also seize the fort of Rastak, which was
then garrisoned by the Deni Hina; but Ibraheem-bin-Keis, on hearing
what had occurred at Hazam, called upon the Beni Rooaha to take the
places of the Beni Hina in Rastak, which they did without any collision
occurring, and Hilal s opportunity was lost. His Highness Seyyid
loorkee endeavoured to get Hazam made over to him, but in January
1833, through the mediation of the very learned Mahomed-bin-Suleiyim
(A1 Gharabee) and influence of the Yal Sad, the fort was restored to
Ibiaheem-bin-Keis by the Beni Hina, and is now garrisoned by his
dependants.
13. On the 9th January 1883 His Highness Seyyid Toorkee pro
ceeded to Gwadur for change of air and returned on the 30th January,
having benefited by the change.
tj ^i 8 mon ^h a fight took place near Ibra between A1
ar 1 lt j 1 ^ Musakara, in which 15 men were killed on both sides.
c -t wv 8 * eil( ^ Januar y a letter arrived from Suleiman-bin-
buweilim, Wali of Dhofar, saying that the people of Dhofar (Awameer,
e ' 1 1 a , - besieged the fort and asking for reinforcements, and
on the 1' tli February His Highness sent 70 men and a 10-pounder gun
to Uhotar, but in the meantime the fort having proved impregnable, the
baclr ^ 6611 raiS an< ^ ^e reinforcements were therefore sent