"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٥‎٩‎٣] (١٧٨٢/٧٣٦)

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of the Masqat Political Agency and not of the Aden Residency ; this
Tvas a reversal of the earlier practice, m which questions relating to
Dhufar had always been referred to the Resident at Aden. The boundary
between the two jurisdictions on the south coast of Arabia was now
fixed at Has Sajar *
of India from
thfl political
iurisdiction of
Aden to that
of Masqat,
1879.
Events in Dhufar from the 'Omani cccupation of 1879 to the
evacuation of 1835.
The new reo-ime in Dhufar soon attracted considerable unpopularity,
partly perhaps because it had been established at the request of a minority
of the natives, and partly, it cannot be doubted on account of tlie
taciturn and imperious temper of Snlaiman -bin-Suwailnn the Wall,
whose proceedings here, as afterwards in 'Oman, were generally chaiac-
terised by energy rather than by discretion.
Before the end of the year a split occurred between Sulaiman and the
principal supporter of the Sul tan's interest in the district, the Shaikh
Awadh -bin-' Abdullah; the Wali suspected the Shaikh o£ wort , "|' n
inWsts of a faction and sent him away on a suitable pretext to Masqat,
little liberality and sent him home
and towards the end of 1830/Awadh showed hjs displ^ .
into rebellion, surprising the Salalah £oit ^id bU/ ng ^ time the
Sulaiman-bin-Suwailim, then absent a . f i. (1 (Mn e f of Shihr and
rebellious Shaikh opened a correspondence wi 1 T^^vVhan The Sultan's
with some Arabs at Haidarabad mi ic ^ ^ m ^ u . y )U t bq more
whole force in Dhufar was at this time on y - * re ^ e llion reached
were already on their way there, when garrison.
Masqat, partly to relieve and partly ^^ ^
On the 21st of December 1880 the bultans ^ e ^
with two boats in tow, left Masqat for Dm. ' T b in.Sulaiman, A1
tionary force of 180 men accompamea by Sal ^f S mctionS 0 f Saiyid
Ba Sa'idi, and Sulaim^biii-Suwaihm.^^ u y
Turki to the leaders were that, f altogether, but, if only
averse to his rule, they should evaci • « , , Q e s ^ ron g action should be
'Awadh-bin-'Abdullah and his party ^ were decided
taken against them ; further, ^ 16 ^ j uo t unacceptable to the people
on and Sulaiman -bin-Suwaiboi 'M'F . ^ ^ otherwise Khamis-bm-
he should resume his po^on as Wall, but
Snlaiman should remain ^ us l'; U c ' , in Dhufar. In the
Meanwhile a cowter-revolution bad ^ • 1^ captured, after some
absence of Shaikh 'Awadh from
_ t » £ thi9 Gazetteer, the bonndary might
* As shown in the Geograpjuca o a™ westward,
now appropriately be placed a few miles further ^
First rebel
lion against
the Sultan,
1880.
Counter
revolution
in favour of
the Sultan,
1880.