"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎١‎٢] (٣٠٨/٣٤)

dangerous and iianodiate action necessary# Tney were not strong
enough to taoicXG tn^ Bani Bu AX1 tut iiopedt to obtain indirect
results by proceeding to bur in 8*3**A1 t'as«d n and dealing with
Said bln Abdul lab and Ms gang* taking with then SO &&n of the
muacat Infantry and asicing for the pro nonce of a sloop to lend
moral support#
&#B# ‘*AX oaeod* 1 with the Council of Mai store and Muscat
Infantry a nd h»M#B# ^Crocus 1 * with the .roiitical Agent arxived
at dux on tha 33xd October#
Under instructions from the political heel dent# ma Coun**
•oil of .wii rasters were ini'onued that they should not allow
tne Muscat Infantry to get embroiled in a fight on shore#
bald bin Abdullah sent word be the Council that he shouM
li*© to see tnem turn xm* out#
Accordingly on tne B4th uctobcr b#C# tt Al based 0 bombaraed i
the fort but the gun was too wmll to har® mch effect on it#
However it was sufficent to induce 3aid bin Abdullah 1 s gang
to eT&cuate the fort and sent m Intimation tc my they were
ready to obey#
On the 25th October the Iqilticnl issued a notice to
all the tribes at bur to tho effect thf.t tsie Britisli yovom-
-aent had oo ia'wmfcion to aliow mttara at 3a» to wet in tli«i»
present unsatiafaetery coadtUan an« ttet toey we»* aa*n*4
taut tiwy •■■oui.d tie aaid reeponei'ble for treir aotione.
Ok tne let hoeeatoeT t ti»*» »aa rsooived timt su ter tue de-
-parture of toe tne of rwurie reoeoa^B* tte fort
and in a*ita of too lettera all partis* rare convinced tievem
•xsent win no ac tion#
dii toe itd Kov«i»er news wae received toat the caravaa
route to anurqiyttii. iw.d boon reopened.