"تاريخ أئمة وأسياد عُمان بقلم سليل ابن رزيق، من ٦٦١-١٨٥٦ م، مترجم من الأصل العربي، ومُحرّر بملاحظات وملاحق ومقدمة تواصل التاريخ حتى سنة ١٨٧٠، بقلم جورج بيرسي بادجر، عضو في الجمعية الجغرافية الملكية والقس الراحل في رئاسة بومباي." [‎٤‎٤] (٦١٢/٢٠٥)

44.
THE IMAMS OF 'OMAN.
the sons of 'Omair, they prepared to encounter them, and a
desperate hand-to-hand battle was fought in which 'Aly-bin-
Himyar and many of his adherents were slain ; whereupon
Muhammad-bin-Muhenna returned to Sohar. When 'Omair-
bin-Himyar, who was at Behla, heard what had befallen his
brothers and cousin he made a solemn vow that he would
not be quits with Sohar until he had reaped it with the
sword, or burnt the place with fire and scattered its people
in every direction. He began forthwith to collect troops
both by sea and land, and went in person to Maskat in order
to obtain a levy from thence. He also sent to the Malik of
Hormiiz who joined him with a number of men in ships. At
this juncture a vessel from India, bound for Persia, having
many soldiers on board fully equipped for war, was driven
by stress of weather into Maskat. ^Omair seized the ship,
and having made prisoners of the soldiers took them on with
him to the town of es-Sib. After he had been there some
days, Muhammad-bin-Jufair, whose residence was at es-Sib,
hearing of his presence set off with his followers to the
assistance of Muhammad-bin-Muhenna at Sohar, and was
received by him into the fort with great delight. After he
had been in the fort some time, ambition prompted him to
take possession of it, and he accordingly gave directions to
one of his slaves to seize Muhammad-bin-Muhenna, who had
gone out on business, while his followers, some of whom
were in one of the towers, should proceed to capture the fort.
Thereupon an alarm was raised and a fierce contest ensued
which ended in the retirement of Muhammad-bin-Jufair and
his party.
When intelligence of this outbreak reached 'Omair-bin-
Himyar, he set forth with his followers both by sea and
land, and reached Sohar on the 9th of Rabia-el-Akhir. The
fight lasted from morning till evening of that day without any
advantage having been gained by either party. A day or
two after the Christians were landed from the ships with