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49 casualties before they were driven off. On the 2nd of March 1821 the
British force arrived before Balad Bani Bu "'Ali, where the skeletons of
their predecessors still strewed the ground. The warriors of the tribe,
about a thousand strong, repeating their formerly successful tactics, rushed
out of the village and fell sword in hand upon the right brigade, when stiff
fighting and some confusion followed; but, once the rush had been stemmed,
the Bani Bu 'Ali were practically defeated ; the village was quickly
surrendered; and the tribe this time consented to lay down their arms.
Saiyid Sa'id was present, but only as a spectator of the engagement.
The British casualties were 26 killed and 171 wounded, while the enemy
left 235 dead upon the field besides carrying off, it was supposed, as
many more. The prisoners, among whom were the principal chief
Muhammad-bin-''Ali and his brother Khadim, numbered about 250, and
of these nearly 100 were wounded. Some 80 of the prisoners were made
over to Saiyid Sa^id, who allowed them to die of starvation at Masqat ;
but 150 others, including Shaikh Muhammad-bin-^ Ali, were conveyed to
Bombay and were well treated there. After an interval of two years,
when the assent of the Saiyid to their return had with some difficulty
been obtained, the Bombay prisoners were repatriated at the expense of
the Government of India, and were provided with funds to enable them to
make a fresh start in life. As a tribe, however, the Bani Bu ^Ali have
never fully recovered the position which they once held in 'Oman.
The relations of the British Government with the Sultan of Oman
arising from the British military occupation of the island of Qishm
under his authority from 1820 to 18 , 22 or 1823 are fully described in
the chapter on the history of the Persian Coast.
Notwithstanding the example Krade of the Bani Bu 'Ali, outrages
continued to be committed by pirates and wreckers under the jurisdiction
of Masqat, and even by the Bani Bu 'Ali themselves.
In 1829 a small vessel belonging to a Mr. Shipton was attacked and
plundered on a voyage from the Red Sea by dependents of Saiyid Sa id,
but the Sultan took immediate steps in the matter, with the result that
in the first instance $6,000, and later 1,000 crowns, were recoveied from
the pirates and remitted to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. .
About the same time the British ship " Oscar having gone ashoie
on the coast of the Ja'alan district on her way from Bombay to Bushehi,
was boarded by Arabs, chiefly belonging to the Bani Bu Ali and Bani
Bu Hasan tribes, who plundered her of her cargo worth eight lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , the greater part of which, but for their violence, might have
been saved. Under the orders of the Bombay Government, whom the
underwriters in India had approached with strong representations on
the subject, the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. then proceeded in the
schooner " Fly/' accompanied by Commodore Collinson in the
British
occupation of
Qishm
Island, 1820-
1882.
Maritime
outrage by
subjects of
the 'Oman
Sultanate,
1829.