In 1884 it was found necessary to support the Amir with a few sabres of the Aden troop and some sappers. They destroyed some of the Ahl-ath-Thumeiri forts, and the Quteibi then tendered their submission. But they soon resumed their independent position, and it was not until 1888, when the Resident met the Hausbnbi, the Dhala Amir and others to settle a schedule of rates to he levied on qaftlalis, that the Quteibi and Ahl-ath-Thumeiri formally reorganised the Amir as their superior.[1]