"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٥‎٢‎٩] (١٧٨٢/٦٧٢)

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through Rashid-bin-'Ozaiz, his AVali of Samail ; and peace was
arranged on condition that $],800 should be paid as damages by the
Ghafiris of Samail to the Hinawis of Sharqiyah, in settlement of all
claims. On the Hinawi side the Habus were not satisfied with the
award of the Sultan, and in August 1892 they re-opened the feud by
raiding 700 goats from the Rahbiyin; by way of reprisal a mixed force of
Rahbiyin, Nidabiyin and Bani Jabir invaded their country, doing-
much material damage, and cut them off by a strict blockade from direct
access to Masqat. In the result, trade by the main highway from the
coast to the interior of 5 Oman ceased altogether during the latter part of
1892; and in January 1893 the Sultan found himself obliged once more
to intervene. In a meeting held at Sib he gave judgment in favour of
the Ghafiris against the Habus for $1,200 ; but, as he virtually undertook
the discharge of this liability himself, the Habus returned jubilant to
their homes, and on their way raided some cattle from the tribes with
whom they bad just been reconciled.
In October 1892, before this settlement, Haraud the Jahafi made a
fresh attempt to raid in Batinah, but he was taken ill and had to return
to Sharqiyah.
In 1894 disturbances were renewed in Wadi Samail, between the A1
Boshar, supported by the other Hinawis, and the Ghafiris of the valley ;
but the Sultan, by the instrumentality of Rash id-bin-'Ozaiz, was again
able to patch up a seeming settlement.
The Samail valley and the Masqat district were not however, during
these years, the only scene of tribal disorders in which the government
of 'Oman were directly or indirectly interested.
A serious faction fight having occurred at Khasab in Ruus -al-Jibal
between the Kumazirab and Bani Hadiyah, sections of the Shihuh,
Saiyid Faisal in August 1888 despatched his brother Fahad and others to
the spot in the " Sultani; " and the offending Shaikhs of both parties,
whom the emissaries brought back with them, were interned for a time in
Fort Jalali at Masqat.
In Dhahirah, at the end of 1889, somewhat serious fighting took
place between the Bani Kalban and Na'im on the one side and the Bani
; Ali on the other, in which the Bani ; Ali were worsted; and raids
committed by the tribes of Dhahirah on those of Batinah led, m the
winter of 1892-93, to a blockade of the routes from the coast into Dhahirah
by the Yal Sa'ad, and to a combination against the Yal Sa'ad by the
Ya'aqib, Bani Kalban and Bani Shakail. The disputants in the last case
rejected the mediation of the Sultan and continued to fight oiu theii
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Hinawi-Qha-
firi dissen
sions renew
ed, 1894.
Tribal dis
turbances in
various
distiicts,
1888-93:
Ruua-al-
JibSl.
Dhahirah,
and Batinah
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