"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٤‎٠‎٨] (١٧٨٢/٥٥١)

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th? Y.W 32x441114 a<,counts of the contest with the Ya'aribah are inconsistent,
bah. but it seems to have broken out almost immediately after tile promotion
of Ahmad to the Imamate. The leader on the side of the Ya'aribah was
one Bal'arab-bin-Himyar, a member of the former ruling family; he
had his headquarters at Bizaili in Dhahirah, and his principal supporters
were Ghafiris of the Ya'aqib, Miyayihah, Na'im and Bani Qifab tribes
In the beginning of the campaign Bal'arab held possession of the field;'
buUn the end he was defeated and slain by the Imam. A6 in Wsdi
Ma'awal and Fart, near Nizwa are mentioned by conflicting authorities
as the scene of the final overthrow of the Ya'aribah.
Shah The next serious crisis which the Imam Ahmad had to face was one
...d Weston brought about by the intrigues of Nasir-biu-Muhammad, a Ghafiri
chieftain of the Dhahirah District. This crafty individual, who had been
restrained by jealous neighbours from building a fort at 'Ainain in
Wadi-al-Kabir, succeeded in connecting himself by marriage with the
I T t i hel ' eafter p laced the Stronghold of Ghabbi in the
lan so ic atter, by whose protection he was enabled to carry out his
0 d £to ran disement at 'Amain. As soon as his object
was secured he threw off his allegiance, raised the country against the
mam, and himself seized Ghabbi. Hilal, the eldest son of Ahmad, was
wh 1 I t : t0 , WadiBaUiGh5fil - and P" nishrf the Mi.-yH.ah,
the r w e ^ ^ " the rebelli ™' ^ ^ destruction of al
then towers ; but a subsequent advance on Ghabbi by Ahmad in person
w ic was ma e from Sohar as a base, ended in disastrous failure and in
an accommodation under which, apparently, Ghabbi was retained by the
forts i.: ttetrr: b :^- Ia - —lent seems to prove that
1 r til ■ 1 " ' were R alne 'l and lost by the Al Bu Sa'id
no less lightly in the early days of their rule than at the present time
outnZ' 1 : and t0ffa l^ the end 0f his Saif
sons Saif and ted a gamst his authority and took Barkah by surprise •
am. they even put to death the Wall and garrison who held the p aee n t
aTL vounl. ebT' Barkah WaS recovered by bombardment
Lift a y!' ^ .rT 1 : ard0ned ' atter ^ Imam marched
W 1 h al 1 <- ie£ whom he had made governor of Nakhl and
whom he now suspected of having countenanced the attempt on Bai-kah
The Imam s attack on Nakhl r P ^aikan.
on his nart wp « £ ' thbtandmg extensive preparations
on nis part, was unsuccessful and resnlfivl
while his forees were employed b^r tl-M peace ; and,
Qitah raiders from Dhahirah , j ' a body of Na ' im and Bani
Samail, and plunLrtt wn ^ T ^ ^ ^
town. Phis was the first of a long series of