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Copy of letter No, 57 of 1379 dated the 30th February
1379 from the Political Agent & H.rs.M’s Consul, Muscat to
ht. Colonel E.C. rcoss, riis Brita*mxc Majesty's Political
Hesident in the Persian (iulf, ±5ushire,
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Heferring to previous correspondence regarding affairs
at Dhofar ending with your office letter ino, 13U dated the
13th may 1377, X have the honour to report that information
has reached the 3ultan that a revolution has occurred m that
district resulting in the expulsion of Seyyid Fadhl by the
inhabitants and the recovery of authority by the local 3hieks
who have again hoisted the red flag of Oman in allegiance to
aeyyid Toorhee.
2, The news was brought to Muscat by adeputation of
Uhofar|es headed by Sheikh Awad bin Abdulla el ^vatheeree who
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has stated that the people of Dhofar load become wearied of
the continued exactions and oppressive conduct of the 3ey/id
and had determined to expel him. They therefore rose in
rebellion and attacked his house which he defended with his
followers but after a seige of twenty days he was compelled
to yield and was allowed to retire to shehr or Moculla,
3. Seyyid Fadhl during his tenure of authority had
established amicable relations with the Sara tribe the
bedouins who occupy the interior and hilis above Dhofar and
forty men of this tribe who had been retained as hostages by
the Seyyid were found in his house on its capture by the
Dhofarees. It does not appear however that the (iaras gave any
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assistance to the seyyid in this affair.
4, it had been proclaimed by Seyyid Fadhl who had
arrived at Dhofar from Jeddah that he was acting under the
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orders and authority rorte and he alv/ays hoisted i he Turxish
Flag, nut it is probable he had no grounds for this assertion
as he retained the revenues of Dhofar for himself and does not/
appear to have applied for succour to the Turkish authorities
in femen or Jeddah when the inhabitants rose in opposition.
S. ms highness aka Seyyid Toorkee is sending too of