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'History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.' [13] (26/612)
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editor s preface.
torical and other Information respecting the Province
of Oman, opens with an account of the early immi
gration of the Arab tribes from ^ emen and Nejd; but
the process of extraction which the Brief Xotes
appear to have undergone has deprived them of any
real value which they may have possessed as a con
tribution to the ancient history of Oman. The same
Extracts, in a very diluted form, with a few glosses
designed to be explanatory but positively erroneous,
re-appear in the same volume of the Selections, dated
four years later, under the signature of Mr. Francis
Warden, Member of Council at Bombay. In 1835-6,
Lieutenant J. Tl. Wellsted of the Indian Navy visited
a considerable portion of Oman, and has given us
in his Travels in Arabia the only trustworthy deli
neation which we possess of the geography of the
interior. Unfortunately, W ellsted s acquaintance
even with colloquial Arabic was very limited, and
he frankly avows that the difficulties which he had
to encounter in the attempt to draw up an historical
account of the province were insurmountable. The
brilliant pages of Mr. William Gifford Palgrave s
Central and Eastern Arabia supply the latest addi
tion to our scanty knowledge of Oman and the
'Omanis. Well-read in Oriental literature, tho
roughly conversant with Arab customs, a shrew d ob
server and an accomplished
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
, it i.s to bo
regretted that his experience of the Principality v. as
confined to a short sojourn at two or three towns on
the coast. Equally is it to be deplored that, with
such qualifications, he had no authentic records at
b
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History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Bombay.
Author: Hamid ibn Muhammad ibn Ruzayq
Publication details: London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society
Physical Description: initial roman numeral pagination (i-cxxviii); with map.
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- 'History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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- Arab.D.490
- Title
- 'History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
- Author
- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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- Public Domain
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- Arab.D.490
- Title
- 'History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
- Author
- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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- Public Domain