The family was based in Bandar Lengeh and had other branches of the family operating as agents in other countries/ports, mainly Bombay, Karachi, Aden, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Kalba and Buraimi.
To prevent the Imam interfering with the settlement over Buraimi, a battalion-sized task force, the Muscat and Oman Field Force, to which some British officers were attached, was raised, and occupied the town of Ibri.
:Al Ain (UAE) and Buraimi (Oman) have always been called the two sister oasis: The border was pretty much invisible and the two were essentially one single town.