Wilkinson/Scramble, 4. Oman and Zanzibar: Britain and France

Chapter contents: Situation after Sd Sa’id’s death; Sa’id’s Will; Franco-British rivalry: The engagés libres; The Muscat reaction; Rigby’s role; Barghash and the Hirth; The Canning Award; The Award; The Franco-British Treaty of 1862; Rigby’s departure; Continued Franco-British tension; Application of the Canning Award; Oman; Sur and the Wahhabis; The Imamate of ‘Azzan b. Qays;