'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.' [‎238] (399/612)

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vallies extended to the sea, the stream continuing to run for
sixty days, the rain falling sometimes slightly, then heavily,
and during all that time neither sun, nor moon, nor stars
were visible. After the sixty days the sun shone, and the
inhabitants went to their respective avocations in the
market.)
In the year 1219 [ a.d . 1804] Sultan determined to go in
person to el-Basrah to receive the Kanun from the inhabi
tants of that place, which had been paid since the time of
the Imam Ahmed-bin-Said. He embarked on board his
ship the Jinjawdr, leaving Seif-bin-Muhammad, el-Bu-Saidy,
Wali over Maskat. On reaching el-Basrah he was received
with the greatest respect by the notables there, who renewed
their obligations of obedience and submission, and paid him
the usual Kunun, which, as just stated, the inhabitants ot
el-Basrah had always paid since the reign of the Imam
Ahmed. After remaining there a few days he re-embarked
and arrived off Linjah, 1 where he got into his yacht called
el-Badry, with only a few of his slaves and followers, his
object being to go through the straits to the Bunder [el-
'Abbas ?] and Hurmuz, the ship being ordered to remain
near el-Kiisum, [Kishm], until he rejoined her. Near Linjah
1 Linjah is situated in lat. 26° 32' 50" N., long. 54° 59' 10" E., on the
southern coast of Persia, just outside the western entrance into " Cla
rence's Strait," separating the mainland from the island of Kishm, It is
a large and flourishing town, with a tolerable anchorage, and carries on
considerable trade with India and most parts of Arabia, Mr. Palgrave
gives a detailed and interesting account of the place and its motley popu
lation in his Travels (vol. ii, pp. 288-296), but I am surprised to And
that he describes it as being under a governor appointed by the ruler of
'Oman, of which state he seems to consider it a dependency, subject to
certain tributary dues payable to Persia. It seems probable from our
author's narrative that during the Imamate of Sa'id-ibn-Ahmed and the
contemporaneous regency of the Seyyid Sultan, who became master of
Kishm and Hormuz, that Linjah also was within his jurisdiction ; but
for many years past, and certainly up to 1854, it was held by the .lowa-
sim Arabs, under a local chief named sheikh " Khalifah-bin-Guzib.'
See Bombay Government Selections, No. xxiv. p. 2S7.