ملف رقم ٤٦٨٤ لسنة ١٩١٣ "الجزء ١ التمرد في مسقط" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٣] (٣٣٢/٢٧٤)

Confidential.
3695, dated Bushire, the 7th December 1913.
From-LiEDTENANT-CoLONra Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Political Resident in
the Persian Gulf,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
In continuation of my letter No. 3551, dated 23rd November 1911, I have
Extract from Maskat News No. 1115, for the week the honour to forward, for the informa
ending 15 th November 1913 . tion of the Government of India, copies
Extract from Maskat News No. 1149 , for the week ^ communications, marginally ciW,
ending mh November 1913. received from the Political A^ent at
Aiashat reporting the progress of events in Oman
Enclosure No. 1 .
Extract from Maskat Aews No. 1115, for the week ending 15th November 1913
{Received 20 th November 1913.)
c ^ . r ? feren f to <J iar y entr y 499, it is said that Shaikh Isa bin
Sahh al-Hanthi has returned an adverse reply saying that he will soon come
down to Khoz and then see what can be done with regard to an understanding
wl ^k Hu^li 11088 the Sultan of Maskat, who he suggests might meet him at or
near Khoz. °
a 1 ) n/n ^ a , 1; ^ e ral ? ble ’ said to be 15 to 20 thousand com-
posed of all the Ghahri tribes of Oman, has freshly assembled at Samail at the
ndding of the Imani and As-Salaini, who, it is further stated, are goin" to
attack Maskat shortly. But there is absence of any reliable news fronAhe
interior this week.
, . i’ 1 , 2 - With reference to diary entry No. 500, Shaikh Ali bin Muhammad
bin Salim Al-Qarawi left for his home in Murbat.
‘PiM.
Enclosure No. 2 .
Extract from Maskat News No. 1149, for the week ending 29th November
1913. {Received 3rd December 1913.)
539. With reference ^ diary entry No. 524, 100 of the Bani Bu Ali
under their Shaikh, Ah bin Abdullah bin Salim, arrived in the “ Nur ul Bahr’’
on the 27th November and have been lodged in Khan Sahib Nasib bin Mubnm-
mad s mosque. They were originally sent for to assist the Shaikh of Aim
1 habi in his negotiations with the rebels but, on arrival here, refused point
blank to go. The Shaikh remarked, it is said, that he was more usefully
employed in guarding His Highness Saiyid Taimur and that, if the British
troops left Maskat, the Hmawiya, on whom His Highness was relyin^, would
come and shoot downSaiyid Taimur in his own burza. It is said that these
m 1 " 1 ,,,/ 1 , A 1 a , re draw i n " P a ? !' 01 ' 3< ]° while they only number 100 actual
ly. The usual crop of complaints, from the peaceful inhabitants of the town
aganist these Bam Bu Ah ruffians, has sprung up and the Political A<»ent has
bad to address a remonstrance to Saiyid Taimur on behalf of his B a luck neon
Abdul whose house was robbed the other night. His Highness replied that the
Bam Bu Ah would be leaving in two or three days’ time and that he would
endeavour to arrange for compensation to the sufferer.
™ , The negotiations do not appejir to proceed smoothly and reports have
come in from Samail that the rebels are opening their mouths very wide. One
version says that Hmniyar and As-Salami demand the cession of the customs
of Maskat and Matrah when they will serve Saiyid Taimur, who can remain
on as Sultan. The well meant efforts of Isa bin Salih al Harathi at reconcilia
tion have been rewarded by ins too being styled “ Kafir ” by the other insur
gents. Another rumour states that three Hinawiya have been killed up at Samail
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