"ملف XXXVIII/٥ تقرير عن صور بقلم الرائد ج. ب. ميرفي.، المساعد الهندي، الوكيل السياسي، مسقط. ١٠-١٠-١٩٢٨". [و‎‎١‎١‎٢] (٣٠٨/٢٣٤)

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In 1913,Sheikh Abdullah bin Salim A1 Alawi died.
He was considered a very daring man,well disposed
towards the Sultans of Muscat and always ready to help
them. His eldest son Baser had predeceased him and
as the latters son Mahomed was still a minor.Abdullas
second son Ali was made Amir Jointly with Mahomed
bin Baser. An arrangement which still continues.
During the 1913-19 rebellion,the Bani Bu Ali.took
the part of the Sultan but their behaviour was not
altogether satisfactory.
They sent the rice^iven them for their progress
inland to their homes at Bur and also left behind
the ammunition with which the Sultan had provided
them,at Muscat for taking to their homes at the
first convenient opportunity and then on their arn-
-val at Sib,we re demanding extra supplies of both
food and ammunition.
They retreated unexpectedly and unaccountably
from Bidbid,where they -ere first established,to
'fatlyah. ^ 136in S brou « ht back t0 Muscat - mach
alarm was felt owing to their reputation for looting .
and general misbehaviour. Their < ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية **«« were
divided.they quarrelled bitterly amongst themselves
and paid little attention to the authority of their
nominal leader Mahomed bin Baser and it was only with
great difficulty that they could be induced to obey
orders of any kind. In one quarrel amongst them-
-eelves which arose over RSOTt pilfering by some of
them in the bazaar whom the Sheikh wished to punish,
stones and sticks were freely used with the result ^
oa-xrpral heads broken. Sven the Sheikh
that there were several neaus
himself was stoned.
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