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Hinawis and the Ghafiris throughout the country. On the 25th the Sultanas
forces recaptured the water-gate as well as a tower half way between it
and the Bah-al-Kabir ; and the Bani Bu 'All levies advanced their ham-
cades some 60 yards, On the 26th the Sultan scut an evasive reply to
Questions by the Resident regarding his intended course of action; the
boat of Surgeon-Major JayaUar, the Agency Surgeon, was fired on,
probably by mistake ; and the Hindu temple in the middle of the town
was taken by the Sultan's adherents. The remaining days of February
were uneventful. On the 1st of March a peon of the British Agency was
killed by a random shot. During these inconclusive operations H.M.S.
" Bramble" bad arrived at Masqat. i i i iwir for
On the 2nd of Marcb matters seemed to have reached a dead ^ ,
the rebels had become powerless for aggression, while the Sultan s men
still shrank from making a decisive attack on them ; an p un ei o
property of British subjects had recommenced. An interesting in ei-
view took place cn this day betweeu the British Resident he
Agent on the one side and M uhsin-bin-'Amr and a second Shaikh
Hirth upon the other , the causes and objects of the revolution as we
1 . . t Thp rebel Shaikhs stated that
as the actual situation were discussed, ihe lebel
they represented all the Hinawis of 'Oman ; that a change of in er was
generally desired ; that, though acting on their own ^ ^
they wished to offer the Sultanate of 'Oman to Hamad -bm-Thuwaim ot
Zanzibar, whom they knew to be a friend of the o{
Faisal was not; and that, failing Hamad, they ^
'Azzan -bin-Qais should be placed upon the tbion . ^
plaints of looting they admitted their ^^ ^ Salill . WA i ; ,
no longer full control over then mer , } | v
who was wealthy, would pay the necessary co-pensation- WyJ ^
Shaikhs were informed that it was not even cleai a t the
'Oman were on their side ; that they did not in any he
Ghafiris, who were much more
Hinawis j and that their action m distuibi g British
injury to British interests,
Government in a very senous hg ^ ent o{ In dia by cable,
ever, their views were reported to the Government of the
On the 3rd of March ^^^ed of an
unsatisfactory attitude of the Sultan, w , & • oSS ^iiity (Vf dis-
adequate force, remained inert; and e pom e o t j ama g e to
lodging the rebels from the town by naval t .To e pectatnin of
property. In reply Reshlent was msWedJ.at ^
assistance in coercing the rebels sh)
Reference by
the rebels to
the Govern
ment of
India,
2nd March,
Inaction of
the Sultan,
3rd March.