"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٤‎٥‎٤] (١٧٨٢/٥٩٧)

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Third rebel
lion in 'Oman
and loss by
Saiyid Sa'id
of Rustaq,
1834.
Fruitless
endeavours of
Saiyid Sa'id
to recover
Sohar and
Rnstaq,
1835-3t>.
Treaty of
peace between
Saiyid Sa'id
and Saiyid
Hamud of
Sohar, 1839.
But Sa'id could not bring himself to abandon bis designs on
Mombasah, wbich was now once more in the hands of the Mazari'; and
in November 1833, after making- terms with the Wahhabis, whose
presence at Baraimi was again seriously felt, he placed his third son
Thuwaini in charg-e of 'Oman and left for East Africa. Again his
departure was the signal for a, revolt, in which the leading spirit was
this time Hamud-bin-'Azzan. Hamud seized Rustaq, of which the
"Wali, Sa'ud-bin-'Ali, had recently been murdered ; and, the trusty
Muhammad-bin-Nasir having' died, the forts of Uisn Samail and
Bidbid, of which he had been in charge, appeared to be in danger also.
The British Resident in the Persian Gulf accordingly visited Masqat and
wrote to Hamud to inform him that further aggressions on his part
would cause him to be regarded as an enemy of the British Government;
but Hamud, nothing daunted, partially occupied Suwaiq towards the
end of 1834. He was promptly dislodged, however, by a force which
Thuwaini sent from Masqat.
Sa'id, having returned from Africa in April 1835, organised an
expedition against Rustaq, but it failed; and a subsequent attempt upon
Sohar was abandoned by him from personal fear of an enormous tribal
levy which had been collected for his operations from the Dhahirah district.
In 1836 Sa'id entered into an arrangement with Sa'ad-bin-Mutlaq, the
Wahhabi, for the expulsion of Hamud from Sohar and Rustaq; and
Sohar was again invested, the troops of the Wahhabi and the tribal
contingents besieging it by land, while the ships of the Saiyid blockaded
it by sea. The defenders, however, having suggested that the Wahhabis
in event ol success might retain Sohar for themselves, 8a id became
suspicious of his allies and broke off the siege, which perhaps he was
well-advised in doing. These two last expeditions against Sohar are
said to have cost the Saiyid not less than $300,000 in subsidies and
presents.
During Sa'id's fourth absence from 'Oman, between November J 836
and September 1889, Hamud, having attained his principal objects,
remained quiescent, and, as the time of the Saiyid's return approached,
he even sought the good offices of the British Government as mediator
between himself and his relative. As Hamud stood well with the
British authorities and had joined a federation formed under their
auspices to oppose the advance of the Egyptians, the Resident was
permitted to exercise good offices on his behalf; and on the 23rd of
December 183S), not without diffieulty, a treaty was concluded between
Sa'id and Hamud at Masqat, by which the territorial status quo wi
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