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from the Na'Im Shaikhs certifying that their claims had Leen satisfied
and amity restored.
In January 1840 Captain Hennell revisited the coast of Trucial
'Oman and held a meeting at 'Ajman with the Shaikhs of Baraimi, whose
position he was anxious to strengthen; the principal figure among the
Shaikhs was Hamud-bin-Samr of the Shawamis division of the Na^im,
the holders of the Baraimi forts. The Resident was able to effect a
defensive alliance against all enemies between the Na'im and the
Dhawahir inhabiting the Oasis, whose mutual hostility had hitherto
been a source of weakness; but his efforts to reconcile the Na'im with
their neighbours the Bani Qitab were not equally successful. A judi
cious distribution of rice, money and ammunition, which next took place,
was designed to illustrate the advantages of the British connection and
was so regulated as to make it clear that the favours of Government
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would be reserved for its sincere supporters.
On the conclusion of these proceedings Captain A. Hamerton, an
officer of the Kharag Field Force who was soon after selected to be
Political Agent at Masqat, travelled from Sharjah to Baraimi under the
protection of Hamud-bin-Sarur, regaining the coast at Soharin Batinah.
He found the defences of Baraimi to consist of a main fort on the south
side of the place, built of sun-dried bricks and about 60 paces square,
and of a smaller one, about 300 paces to the northwards : both of these
were constructions of Mutlaq the Wahhabi. The Shaikhs of Sharjah
and Dibai did their utmost, by means of intrigues, to prevent Captain
Hamerton's journey.
On his return to Hasa, Sa'ad-bin-Mutlaq seems to have incurred
the distrust of his employers and to have been sent by them under
surveillance to Riyadh; but not long afterwards the Egyptian occupa
tion came to an end, and in May 1840 the Egyptian troops were in
full retreat from Najd.
The Egyptians at their withdrawal had installed Khalid as ruler
of Najd, and reports soon became current that the new Amir cherishes
designs upon 'Oman. Sa'ad-bin-Mutlaq probably still maintained a
correspondence with the Trucial Shaikhs; and in 1841 a letter addressed
to him by the Shaikh of Sharjah fell into the hands of the Na'im of
Baraimi, who found that it related to a project for their own destruction.
In November 1841, the Amir Khalid being then at Hofuf in Hasa and
his movements indicating an intention to proceed against Oman, the
remonstrances of the British Government were conveyed to him through
Lieutenant Jopp, who landed at 'Oqair and, after visiting the Arrm at
headquarters, returned to the coast at Qatif. Amir in
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British sup
port extended
to the
Shaikhs
of Baraimi
January
1840.
Captain
Hamerton's
journey to
Baraimi,
January and
February
1840.
W.thdrawa\
ofthe Egyp-
tins from
lajd, May
"840.
Suspected de<
signs of the
Khalid and
'Abdullah
on 'OmSn,