Editing Muttrah (section)

== History ==
In early 1871, Muttrah witnessed the end of [[Imam]] [[Azzan bin Qais]], who had been the [[Imam]] of [[Oman]] between 1868 and 1871. Bin Qaid had deposed his cousin, [[Sayyid Salim bin Thuwaini|Salim bin Thuwaini]], and declared a short-lived Ibadi [[imamate]] in Oman.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hopper |first=Matthew S. |date=2019 |title=Review of 'A Sea of Debt: Law and Econinic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780–1950' |jstor=26732407 |journal=The Arab Studies Journal |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=171–175 |issn=1083-4753}}</ref> He fought and lost against Salim's uncle, [[Sayyid Turki bin Said]], at the [[Battle of Dhank]] in October 1879, before being killed in battle at Muttrah in January 1871.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lorimer |first=John |title=Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf |publisher=British Government, Bombay |year=1915 |pages=729}}</ref>