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ADMINISTRATION REPORT

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PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY

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MUSCAT POLITICAL AGENCY
FOR THE YEAR

1883-84.

PART I.
1.—’O MAN-MUSCAT.
1. The political portion of Lieutenant-Colonel Miles' Report forms Part II of this Admin­
istration Report.
2. That officer's pr??cedings on the occasion of the attack on Muscat by Seyyid Abdul
Azcez in October received the approval of the Government of India and Secretary of State
for India.
3. Lieutenant-Colonel Miles has appended a Biographical Sketch of Seyyid Sa'cod-bin-
Sultan, a valuable contribution to the History of 'Oman.

2. —'OMAN—PI RATE COAST.
4. The various Chiefs of the independent districts of the so-called pirate coast hav*.
during the year under review, maintained peaceful
1. Rns-ol-khcimah: Chief, IInracyd-hin>Ab­
dullah; EMcownsira (Jotvnsiin). relations one with another.
2. Umm-cl-Kawuin: Chief, Abincd-bin-Ab-
dnllnh; Al-hu-ali. 5. At Sliargah, indeed, a revolution occurred in
3. 'AJman: Chief, Raahid-bin-Haccyd; Al­
ba-alt. April 1833, the Chief, Shaikh Salim-bio-Sultan, having
4. Shnrgnh: Cbiof, Salcar-bin Kbalidj El- been ousted from his position by his nephew, Sakar-
6. Da^7^”'eL°^ Al- bin-Khalid Khalih-bin-Sultdn, but this change of rulers
ba-Falatah. was happily effected without bloodshed.
6. Aba-dhebbce: Chiefs Z»*ced-bin-Khalee-
fab; Beni-Yu. 6. On the death of Shaikh Sultin-bin-Sakar,
Jowasimee, Chief of Shargah, his son, Shaikh Salim, although younger than his brother
Khalid, and moreover the son of a slave woman, sncceeded to the office of Chief of Shargah
by the father's will.
7. Khalid-bin-Sultan, whose mother was Arab, resided quietly at Shargah till his death
and was respected by the people, who would probably have preferred him to Shaikh Salim.
8. Towards the end of March 1883 Shaikh Salim, unsuspicious of danger, proceeded
for change of air to the Island of Boo Moosa, where his horses were kept at grass. His
brother, Ahmcd-bin-Sultan, at the same time went to Ras-el-Khaimah, and their nephew,
Sakar-bin-Khalid, was left in charge of Shargah.
9. Sakar-hin-Khalid, a young man of 20 years or tinder, took advantage of the oppor*
tunity, and, with the support of the people of Shargah, proclaimed himself Chief.
10. Shaikh Salim appealed to the Resident for advice and instructions, but the Resident,
seeing no cause for British interference, roplied to that effeot, and instructed the native Agent
et Shargah to maintain friendly relations with all parties, and to avoid any active interference
ia party matters.