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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [128] (170/733)
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128
MUSKAT.
Occurrences.
a. d . 1836
Muskat authorities imprudently invite the Piratical Arab
Tribes to their assistance.
The Imaum enters into engagements with Syud bin Mootluk,
the Wahabee Agent, with a view to the expulsion of
Humood bin Azan from the places of which he had illegal
ly and forcibly obtained possession. The combined forces
invest Sohar by land and sea, but the Imaum learning that,
in the event of the place falling, the Wahabee Agent me
ditated retaining and garrisoning it in the name of his
master, separates from his ally, and relinquishes the expedi
tion. He shortly after proceeds to his African possessions.
The Imaum, principally through the assistance and gallant
behaviour of Esai bin Tarif, and his dependents, succeeds
in reducing Mombassa, which had revolted from his
authority.
The Imaum returns from Africa in September, and is guided
by the advice and views of the British Government in his
intercourse and relations with the Egyptians. The letters
of their Agents receive no attention. He exhorts and
encourages the Brymee Shaikhs to unite and maintain their
independence against the invaders.
The Imaum threatens to send a force to attack Bushire, in
consequence of the murder of his Agent, a Persian subject,
in that town, on his return from Teheran, where he had been
with a view to negotiate a marriage between His Highness
and one of the Persian Princesses.
A reconciliation is effected between the Imaum and Humood
bin Azan, of Sohar, through the mediation of the British
Resident.
Captain Hamerton appointed British Agent at Muskat; is
subsequently created a Consul by the Home Government,
and directed to establish himself at Zanzibar.
The blockade of the ports held by the Egyptians being con
templated, the Imaum places his vessels at the disposal of
the British Government, whenever required.
His Highness returns to Zanzibar.
Humood bin Azan visits Bombay, and is received with all
suitable respect and attention by the British Government.
Shortly after his return from Bombay, Humood bin Azan
furnishes proof of the sincerity of his friendship with the
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
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The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
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Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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