"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٥‎١‎٠] (١٧٨٢/٦٥٣)

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and his request was granted. On the 24th the enemy appeared in fore
m the upper part of Widi-al-Kahir and on the heights above Kalbuh
and annoyed towers guarding the water supply with musketry fir.'
but could not capture them. On the 25th some friendly Shaikhs
of the Hirth and Masakirah anived with a contingent of 300 men and
the fire of the " Philomel" was discontinued. On the day folloivimr
a small fleet of boats entered the harbour, bringing reinforcements to
the number of 700 men from various quarters, and, all danger beim;
now at an end, the town gates were thrown open and the garrisons permitted
to leave their posts. On the same day Salih-bin-'Ali and 'Abdul 'Aziz
broke up their camp at Buwi and returned to Sharqiyah, leaving a small
party behind to bring the wounded home. The rebels had lost about
70 killed, including three or four Shaikhs ; and the Sultan regarded the
operations as the most decisive in 'Oman since the battle of Dhank in
which the power of 'Azzan-bin-Qais was broken. The tribes principally
implicated in this rebellion were the Hajriyln, Hirth and Habus; but
the Sultan subsequently stated that no tribe of Sharqiyah was entirely
innocent of participation in the rising. The Bani Battash remained
neutial, and the Bam Kalban and Bani Shakail declared for the Sultan.
ion to ThC al ' my 0f the SultSn ''"'"S increased at the end of the siege
z ms of about i ' 700 men ' n,ider
valleys, 18 son Faisa1 ^ to up the rebels and punish the disaffected Ghafiri
N "" mk " t " bes wh0 bad S™ them passage. The movements of Faisal, who
did not start until the 3rd of November, were too leisurely to occasion
any anxiety to the retreating enemy; but he was successful in the
. 01 0 ^ 11 ' S iri ^ ss i on and obtained the submission of the tribes
m aud about Wadi Samail, besides compelling the Nidabiylu and Rahbiyin,
after he had driven tbem.'up Wadi-al-'Aqq, to renonnce their alliance with
ie Hinawis, On his return march Faisal visited the Ma'awal tribe,
who had paid no revenue for three years, in their own valley ; and he
came o eir principal Shaikh a prisoner to Masqat. The Sultan, on
Faisa s arrival disbanded his levies and dismissed them all with presents to
their homes. The operations by Faisal were said to have brought in
fines to the amount of ? 19,800, exclusive of a fine of I^OOO imposed
the Ma awal, of which at least half was ultimately recovered.
Internal Administration of Turki, 1875-1883.
of I ft?.-, ^ Ul ^' a ^ r i 1 ' 8 resumption of power at the end
considerably fiora what it had been before^ for he now no
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