'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] (46/612)

and analysis.
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the 'Oinanis, headed by their chiefs, the two brothers
Suleiman and Said, lineal descendants of the Azdite Julanda
already mentioned, who repeatedly drove back the invaders.
A subsequent expedition, consisting of a sea and land force
of 40,000 men led by Mujjaah, one of el-Hajjaj's most
experienced commanders, met with a similar fate, but, re
turning a second time with 5,000 cavalry, Mujjaah took
possession of the country and treated it as a vanquished
province. Thereupon el-Hajjaj placed it under a governor
of his own selection, with subordinates to collect the revenue,
responsible indirectly to the superior authority of the Khali-
fate. Suleiman and Said escaped the vengeance of the
conquerors and emigrated to the " landot the Zanj, taking
their families and a number of their tribe with them. 1
As a rule the appointments to 5 Oman were vested in the
lieutenant over el-'Irak, subject to the approval of tlio
Khalifah. In course of time, natives were promoted to
collectorships, and eventually the office ol Wdli, or Governoi,
was conferred on Janah-bin- ; Abbadah, ot the el-Hmay tribe.
Taking advantage of this concession the people proceeded,
about a.d. 751, to elect a sovereign of their own in the person
of Julanda-bin-Mas'ud, who is styled the " first of the right
ful Imams of'Oman." 2 Their previous rulers do not appear
1 This, as far as I know, is the most reliable record which we possess of
the first emigration of the 'Omany Arabs to the east coast of Africa. It
serves also to elucidate and correct Dr. Krapf's account of the first set
tlements of these Arabs in that quarter, which, he says, "were made in
various points of the East African coast in the year 740 by the Emosaids,
or adherents of Said, a grandson of Ali, the Prophet s cousin and son-in-
law. Said, proclaimed caliph by the rebels, was defeated and slain, on
which his adherents had to seek safety in flight; and it was in East
Africa that they found refuge." Travels and Missionary Labours,
p. 522. Eor " Said, the grandson of Ali," a mythical personage, read
" Sa'id, the descendant of Julanda." Emosaids I take to stand for Wmmu-
So'ld; the People of Sa'id.
2 For the full import of this title see Appendix A.