"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎١‎٠‎٧] (٣٠٨/٢٢٤)

In In consequence of the part which Salim hin All
had taken against the Bani Bu Hassan.there was a
feud between the two tribes whic h resulted in a
fis ht wherein Salim bin Ali and some of his people
were killed; some of the Bani Bu Hassan also fell
and as neither side would give in the war between them
continued, and has been carried on more or less
constantly ever since.
Mahomed bin Ali.who succeeded Salim bin AH as
Temeemah. seceded from the tenets of the Ibadiyah
and adopted those of the Wahabi,throwing off the
authority of the Imam.
In 1820 .Saiyid Said having heard that Mahomed bin
Ali had induced many of the inhabitants of Jaalan to
adppt his creed,and that his followers among the A1
Ashkarah had plundered many Snglish ships wrecked
there. applied to the English to aid him in an expedi
-tion against Mahomed bin Ali and his confederates.
The Bani Bu Ali murdered the messenger carrying a
.etter to the Chiefs from the British party investig-
■ating reports of piracy near Has el Had. Captain
Chompson, in charge of operations, decided to avenge
the act and with a small force consisting of six
companies.sailed to Muscat where plans were made for
the Sultan to reinforce him at Mur. The combined force
marched on Balad Bani Bu Ali.the capital of the tribe.
bu t proved entirely inadequate and after attempting to
take the town.were sharply repulsed. Six out of eight
^rinp.rs and 270 men were killed. In Jan. 18^1 .Major
General Sir Lionel Smith sailed with two brigades
to restore British influence in the gulf. Erom Sur