"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٤‎٨‎٧] (١٧٨٢/٦٣٠)

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encamped and collected a large force. On the 29th of October Major Way,
the Political Agent at Masqat, visited Sur and warned Turki against
undertaking operations by sea, at the same time refusing to grant him an
interview. Finally, about the end of the year, Saiyid Turki and his
principal adherent, Saif-bin-Sulaiman of the Bani Riyam, marched from
Sur, the former proceeding to Ja^alau and the latter taking the coast
route towards Masqat. By the middle of January 1871 Turki was at
Mudhaibi, threatening Samad with a force of 3,000 men, and Saif-bin-
Sulaiman had occupied Quryat on the coast; while Salih-bin-' , Ali was
holding Samad, and J Azzan, with his brother Ibrahim, was busily engaged
in preparing for the defence of Masqat and Matrah. ^
Saif-bin-Sulaiman attacked 'Azzan in Matrah, apparently on the
30th of January, and took the place all except two forts. Both Saif 'Azzan^
and 'Aszan were killed in this engagement: the latter, it is said, met
his death in the Jabru suburb of the town.
Relations of 'Azzaii with the British Government.
The usurpation of 'Azzan seems to have been, at the first, more dis
tasteful to the British authorities than that even of his pancidal pre
decessor. The arrogant and fanatical character of his counsellois, the
unfavourable influence of his administration on trade, and the fact that
he was not of the line of Sa^id, whom British officers had come to K.^aid
as the natural rulers of the country, were the principal objections "■ ! -,ai
him; and the way towards a better understanding was f 01 some ^
closed by personal friction between Colonel Disbiowe, the 10 itica
Agent, and the members of the new government. 1 • a n
On the seizure by Saiyid Nasir -bm-Thuwaini of Gwadar 111 Apn
1869, the Political Agent, in order to prevent recourse by the Masqa
authorities to a naval expedition against that place, interdicted t e sa &
bf any vessel of war from the harbour; and when, in the following mo ,
'Azzan, disregarding Colonel Disbrowe's protests, despatched ma
of war by sea to Barkah and other of his own poits in Oman, t at '
to mark his displeasure hauled down his flag and took up his qu '
a few days on board the Indian Marine vessel c Clyde . 01 ^ e J } -
however, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, disallowed the Political gen s
interpretation, in the second case, of the rules relating to t e ma
Friction be*
itveen 'Azzan
and the Bri
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Agent ovec
the prohibi
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time warfare
1869.
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