"ملف ٢٠/٨: شؤون دولة مسقط: احتجاج العمانيين" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٢] (٦٣٤/٣٨٣)

iapi-essed on the wazlr tiie necessity In ills very lellcate
position of taking no action which couli possibly be inter-
-preted as support by the British sovernment of an attack by
the Sultan against the Omanis.
In tiie middle of April Abbas and Mahomed the
sons of Mahomed bln Turk! who was the elder brother of Sayld
Faisal and who always considered himself as having been
wrongfully deprived of the throne, fled to Oman. The reason
for this seems to have been the decrease in their allowances
or;ered by Sayld Telraur. Both these boys are mad and in the
deepest debt. The Sultan anturally hates them and had not
exerted himself to save themselves from the consequences of
tiieir own folly. Certain ratner strong action which the wazir
took against them under the Sultan’s orders may have pxm
hastened their flight, but they had for some time previously
been pulling down their houses and selling their property
which points to a long thought out plan. They have been well
treated in Oman on the "madhlum" theory, and the somewhat v
illadvleed action of the wazlr in offering a reward for their
return has possibly improved their position. Bt Is not
however likely that they win In any way prove a rallying
point for the Omanis, though they will be useful! material
wita which to fan the Omanis Into more tiian usual hatred of
the Sultan*
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Since my rettrn I have had Interviews with Shekh
Said bin Naslr and with Hamud bln Azzan bin Qais a former
hakim of Rostaq and now resident in Small in the territory
of the Imam. Both report a akstate of considerable
apprehension among the Onatts as to what is going to happen
next. The departure of the Sultan to India and the action
taken at Masnaah have aroused gloomy forebodings. I continued
on my former lines that as the Omanis had refused the terms
we were not further interested In the matter. Sheikh Said had
received a long letter from Isa bln Salih In reply to the one
whicn ne had written on ray departure. This letter which I saw