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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.' [68] (229/612)
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the imams of ^oman.
urging him to come and .take the place; so that altogether
he had a large army. The first night of the march he spent
at el-'Akk, arriving at Sohar the following morning, without
the enemy being aware of his approach. This occurred on the
last day of Muharram, a.h . 1043 [28th July, 1633]. On their
halting at a spot called el-Bidaah, the Christians became
aware of the presence of the Mussulmans, and a fierce conflict
ensued between the two parties, the Christians harassing
the Mussulmans with showers of shot from the fort and its
towers, insomuch that the governor moved his position to a
greater distance. Nevertheless, hostilities continued, during
which a cannon-ball coming among the troops forced its way
to the governor's council, and struck Rashid-bin-'Abbad,
one of the principal officers, killing him on the spot. He
died a martyr; may God have mercy on him ! However,
the foundations of the fort were laid and the work completed
in accordance with the Imam's orders, and the governor
occupied it with his troops, the war between him and the
Christians continuing to rage as fiercely as ever.
About this time certain messengers whom the Imam had
sent to Mdskat returned, stating that the Christians there
had refused to pay the tribute agreed upon, and, moreover,
had treated them harshly. Thereupon the Imam dispatched
an army against them under the sheikh, the Kadhi, Khamis-
bin-Said, esh-Shakasy. On reaching Bushir 1 he received
messages from the Christians soliciting peace, but he would
not listen to them. From thence he proceeded to el-Matrah, '
be intended. If so, I take it to be the Benu-'Amir-bin-Sa'asa'ah, the de
scendant of Hawazin, of Ma'addic origin through Kais-'Ailan. They
played a conspicuous part among the tribes of Nejd and were for a long
period the bitter enemies of the Benu-Temim.
1 Bushir, the " Buscier" of Wellsted's map, is a small town seven
miles to the southward of Mdskat.
2 The u Muttarah" of our charts and Wellsted's " Matarah," a consi
derable town situated in a cove about a mile to the north of Maskat,
from which it is only separated by a range of hills, so rugged that the
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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.
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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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