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126 MUSKAT.

Date. Occurrences.

a. d. 1829 A small vessel, belonging to Mr. Shipton, a British subject
is attacked and plundered on her way from the Bed Sea
by some dependents of the Imaum. His Highness obtains
satisfaction from the pirates, and affords redress to the
Government.
1 he British merchant ship Oscciv, having run ashore ofTthe
Coast of Jaalan, is plundered of her cargo by the Beni Boo
Ali and Beni Boo Hussain Tribes, to the amount of eight
lakhs of rupees. Five vessels proceed to that quarter,
and partial redress is obtained.
Dec. The Imaum invites Syud Hullal, the Governor of Soweik,
to Muskat, and treacherously seizes and detains him a
prisoner. He then sails for his African possessions.
1830 Syud Hullal’s sister harasses the Imaum’s territories, and Syud
Humood bin Azan bin Ghcs recovers from the Imaum his
patrimony of Sohar. The safety of Muskat is compromised,
and that town is saved by the intervention of the British
Government.
The Imaum returns to Muskat, and attacks Sohar, but fails to
reduce it; is compelled to come to terms with Syud
Humood, who agrees to pay tribute, retaining the districts
of Khizza, Khaloora, Markies, and Sohar. Shinas and
Ghillal are restored to His Highness, who liberates Syud
Hullal, and permits him to return to Soweik.
1831 The Imaum, accompanied by the Shaikh, and a force from
Ejman, attacks Sohar: having rejected the alliance of the
Beniyas, they join his opponents ; and his allies, the Beni
Naeem of Ejman, treacherously turning against him, he is
with the
defeated, and compelled to patch up a peace
the former.
Sohar Chief, upon nearly the same terms as
The Imaum, having collected a force of Beloochees, quits
1832
Muskat for his African possessions, leaving his son, Syud
Hullal bin Saeed, and nephew, Mahomed bin Salim, as his
representatives at Muskat.
left in charge of the
Shortly after his departure, the persons confined as prisoners
Government, proceeding to Burka, are # ,
there by its Chief, Saood bin Ali, who proceeds immediate *
against Musnaah, held by the mother of a 0f
Salim, but fails to reduce it. Humood bin ’
Sohar, and HuLlal bin Imaum, of Soweik, taking ad g