'File 7/2 Summary of Events in Dhofar [Dhufar] From 1906-1923' [‎5r] (9/120)

HISTORY OF DHUFAR
To be aided after the last paragraph of the History
of DHUFAR on page 601 of the Gazetteer of the Persian
Gulf, Volumae X Part 1, Historical#
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Almost coincident with the murder of the Wall
Sulalman bln Suwallim at ft AKK in Sharqiyah in
February 1907, the A1 Kathir tribe rose against his
deputy BAKHIT, a negro slave, in Dhufar# The osten
sible cause was the murder of Shaikh La'alt of the
A1 Kathir by Bakhit's askers# Three of the slaves of
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the late Wall were killed, and the A1 Kathir even
went to the extent of applying to the Sultan of
Mokalla for protection# In consequence of these
disturbances the Sultan sent his son Saiyid Taimur
in January 1908 to Dhufar in the Nur-al-Bahr, and
H#M.8,Perseus was instructed to proceed to Dhufar
to show the flag and to lend Saiyid Taimur moral
support. The latter was however successful in
settling up affairs, and brought ftxxyxxkjtftxxim BakhiL
back with him to Muscat, leaving Bakhit's son and
one Abdin Kasim All, a Bohra of Bombay, in charge of
affairs at Dhufar, actually returning before the
arrival of H.M#S#Perseus at Dhufar#
Bakhlt was reappointed Wall in October
1908, and remained as such till December 1915, whe*
the Sultan, Saiyid Taimur, owing to complaints of
misgovernment, himself proceeded to Dhufar and
appointed Abdullah bin Sulaiman al Harithi as Wall
in his place#
In March 1918 the Sultan ppld a visit
lasting over a month to Dhufar# During his visit he
afforded proteotioh to two slaves who had swum off
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