"ملف ٩/XXVIII السياسة الداخلية والعلاقات مع عُمان وصُحار والشرقية ونزوى‎‎ وأخبار البريمي. ١٩٢٥ إلى ١٩٣١." [و‎‎٤‎٠] (١٨٢/٧٩)

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Oonfldtntia,
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To
Polltlaal A*eney and Brltislx J^n Conaulata,
Kufiioat 29th December 1925*
Lieut.C&lonel C. 0* Crosthwaite, C*B*E* #
PoXitleaX Agent and iUh»M v 3 aon»ul f Muaeat t
The Deeretar> to the Hon # ble
the Political Keeldent in the Berelan Gulf,
sir,
K lb
Z hare the honour to inrlte a referenoe to mgr letter
&o*89 dated the 12th December 1925 on the subject of Isa bln
Saleh's movements In the Dhahlra district of Oman and to sub-
-mit further information on the subject*
2* Before Isa bin Saleh marched to Ibri he called upon
Suleiman bin J ;*aiyar,fc powerful Ghafiri Shaikh of Jabal Akhdaf,
to accompany him In order to bring pressure on the Ibri Shaikh
to hand over that tcrvn to him*ouladman bin hamlyar consented
to persuade his fellow Ghafiri blxaikh to hand over Ibri on
condition that the town be handed baek after four days aeoupaj^
~ > » The town and the fort at Dlk were accordingly handed
as reported in my letter Ho«89 of the 12th December 1925*
After the fixed period Isa bin Saleh made r.o sign of returning
the fort to the Shaikh of Ibri and the latter upbraided Sulai-
-aan bln Haalyar for falling to make Isa bin Saleh keep his
promise* Sulaiman bin Haaiyar tben went to Isa bin Saleh and
demanded that he should keep his word* A dispute arose between
Zsa bln Saleh and Sulaiman bin Hamiyar and the latter left the
former and took away his fighting men with him*
This defeetion from lea bin Saleh's fighting foroes gave ecu**
-rags to the remaining Uhaflrl tribesmen to resist,and Xaa bin
Saleh found himself so weak that he has evacuated Ibri and all
the other places which had surrendered to him and has gons
bask to his hems at Kabll*