'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.' [104] (137/612)
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faction for tliese and other coincident atrocities, a letter was
dispatched to the WahMby Amir, on the 6th of January, 1866,
apprising him that "if at the expiration of seventeen days
the required satisfaction isnot given by your Highness, the Bri
tish ships of war will destroy the forts on your seaboard, and
confiscate your Highness's craft there lying/' No notice hav
ing been taken of this missive. Captain Pasley, in command of
H.M.S. Highflyer, proceeded on the 2nd of February to el-
Katif, and destroyed two war-buggalows and a small fort
called " Burj-Bullif/ , which commands the boat-channel to
that harbour. The day following he attacked the adjoining
fort of Daman, similarly situated, and succeeded in effecting
an entrance into the tower, but finding the garrison much
stronger than he had been led to anticipate was obliged to
retreat with the loss of three men killed and two officers and
two men wounded. On the 1 1 th of the same month he ap
peared before Sur, below Maskat, and having given due cau
tion to the non-combatants to quit the vicinity of the forts,
dispatched the Highflyer's boats at daybreak next morning up
the creek leading to the town, which either confiscated or
destroyed all the boats in the harbour belonging to the el-
Janabah, the offending tribe, besides burning a large quan
tity of ship-timber.
Before resorting to further summary measures the British
Government wished to ascertain the effect of this chastisement
upon the Wahhabis and their allies, and also to learn what
progress the Seyyid Thuwainy was making in his projected
attack upon el-Bereimy. In the mean time the startling in
telligence of the Seyyid's death and the succession ot his
eldest son, Salim, reached Colonel Pelly, the Political Resi
dent in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, at Ras-Musandim. Having reason
to suspect foul play, the Resident started forthwith for Sohar,
where he succeeded in liberating the Seyyid Tiirky, who had
previously been imprisoned in that fortress by Salim s orders,
and elicited from him and others a circumstantial account of
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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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- '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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