'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.' [‎243] (404/612)

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" We were men as you are, but we are changed ;
Another age, and you as we are shall be."
He was very assiduous in all matters connected with the
administration, very determined in purpose, and at the
same time most discriminating and impartial, regarding
all as equal before the law, so much so, that one whose
lustre is well known used to say of him: "He is not a human
being, but a beneficent angel." He destroyed the sources
of oppression, and by his uprightness put an end to the evil-
doings of malefactors. At night-fall he used to go forth
disguised, and walked about for two or three hours, accom
panied by a number of his officers and slaves, and if he
caught any one transgressing he had him punished according
to law. The good esteemed him for such conduct, the evil-
disposed hated him, and the malevolent found fault with his
leniency. Tales of ancient or modern warfare had a great
charm for him; he listened with rapture to accounts of the
victories gained by the faithful over unbelievers, and was
saddened whenever the unbelievers prevailed against the
faithful—the triumph of tyrants and hypocrites over the
right, as sanctioned by the religion of the protecting Creator,
piercing his heart like a dagger.
He carefully selected as counsellors a number of eminent
men from among the Muslim community. Of these were :
the learned seyyid Muhenna-bin-Khalfan-bin-Muhammad;
the sheikh Khamis-bin-Salim,el-Hashimy; the devout sheikh
Seif-bin-Said, el Mauly, el-Wadamy; the sheikh the Kadhi
Abu-^l-A'hwal-Salim-bin-Muhammad, ed-Darmaky, and his
son the sheikh, the Fakih, Hamid-bin-Salim; the learned
but blind sheikh Thunayyan-bin-Nasir-bin-Khalf, ez-Zamily;
the eloquent sheikh Hamad-bin-Muhammad-bin-Salim, el-
Bast, and many other renowned men. I was present on one
occasion at his honourable assembly, when I saw him sur
rounded by a number of the sheikhs : I saluted them and
was saluted in return, and then sat down. The conversa-