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first inclined to favour the cause of the expected invaders and to ally himselfwith the Āl Thāni Shaikh, who was the professed exponent of their views; butlater in the year, after a visit to Masqat, he veered round and formed with theShaikh of Abu Dhabi a Hināwi combination to resist any advance from CentralArabia. The Shaikh of Shārjah, whom Shaikh Jāsim attempted to draw into theaffair and whom he pretended to consult with regard to the landing at Shārjahof stores for the Central Arabian forces, was advised by the British authorities toexcuse himself from co-operation as best he could, and apparently did so; but alittle later he figured as member of a Ghāfiri combination of all the other TrucialShaikhs against the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi and Dibai. The Na'īm of Baraimifrom the first professed an intention of acting on the side of the Shammar Amır.
Relations of Trucial 'Omān with the Sultanate of 'Omān, etc., 1853–1892.
1854.
1857.
1861.
1867.
In the peaceful era which had now dawned there was no more actual warfarebetween the Shaikhs of Trucial 'Omān and the ruler of Masqat; and, so far asany connection was maintained between them, it depended chiefly on the internalaffairs of the Sultanate, which are related elsewhere in the proper place.
In 1854, hostilities having broken out at Bandar 'Abbās, in connection withthe lease of that place, between the ruler of Masqat and the Persian Government,the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, Sa'id-bin-Tahnūn, actually put to sea with a fleet torender assistance to Saiyid Sa'id; but he was obliged to return to port by the Britishauthorities on the ground that his action might widen the area of disturbance andproduce a state of general insecurity at sea.
The encroachments of Saiyid Turki of Sohār in 1857 on the possessions ofhis brother Saiyid Thuwaini in Bātinah were attributed partly to the instigationof Shaikh Sultān-bin-Saqar of Shārjah, to whom a stern warning against intriguein that direction was accordingly conveyed by the Resident under the orders ofGovernment.
In 1861 a converse case occurred, through attempts by emissaries of SaiyidThuwaini to arrange a combination with the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi and Umm-alQaiwain against the Qāsimi Shaikh of Shārjah; but the chiefs addressed refusedto entertain the suggestion, baited though it was with liberal promises, and nooccasion for interference by the British authorities arose.
Saiyid Turki of 'Omān, in the course of his endeavours in 1867 to recoverhis appanage of Sohār, had recourse once more to the Shaikhs of Trucial 'Omān;but those whose aid he sought, having been warned by the officers of the BritishGovernment against any disturbance of the peace, especially at sea, made noresponse to his overtures.
After his capture of Baraimi from the Wahhābis in 1869, 'Azzān-bin-Qaisformed an alliance with the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, to whom he also promised asubsidy for the defence of the frontier of the Sultanate upon that side. The alliancewas directed against the other Shaikhs of Trucial 'Omān, all of whom Saiyid 'Azzānthen regarded as favouring the Wahhābi cause; but not long afterwards the Shaikhof Shārjah also associated himself with the allies, and the danger from theWahhābis came to an end.
In May 1870 Saiyid Turki of 'Omān paid a visit to Dibai with a view toenlisting the support of the Trucial Shaikhs in his struggle with the usurper 'Azzānbin-Qais; but the influence of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, who adhered loyallyto his understanding with 'Azzān, was sufficient to prevent for a time any overtmovement in favour of the princely wanderer. In the following October, however,in the battle of Dhank which virtually gave to him the Sultanate of 'Omān, SaiyidTurki received invaluable aid, in the shape of contingents, from the Shaikhs ofDibai, 'Ajmān and Rās-al-Khaimah and from the Na'īm and Bāni Qitab tribes.
In the following year the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi visited Saiyid Turki, notwithstanding the previous opposition between their views, and was received with everyhonour; but in January 1886 he was suspected of a design to raid the BātinahDistrict in concert with the rebels of Sharqiyah, and in May 1887 Saiyid Turkiwas guilty of an unfriendly act in lending support to the Dhawāhir of Baraimi,who were at war with the Bani Yās. In 1891 Shaikh Zāid made another journeyto Masqat, apparently in connection with Baraimi affairs.
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1870.
1871-1891.
