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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.' [‎279] (440/612)

The record is made up of 1 volume (435 pages). It was created in 1871. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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sa'id-din-sultan.
279
Then sheikh Muhamraad-bin-Nasir, el-Jabry, came from
ezh-Zhahirah with a force of Hadhr and Arabs, amounting 1 ,
according to the best authorities, to twelve thousand men,
under the command of the sheikh Hamid-bin-Nasir, el-
Ghafiry, and encamped with them at Nuaman. The Seyyid
Said went out to see them, and they engaged to join him
against his uncle. He accordingly accompanied them to
es-Sib and invested its fort, and then opened fire upon it with
a gun brought in a ship from Barkah. When they had de
molished one side of the fort, the garrison capitulated, sur
rendering the fort to the Seyyid Said, who thereupon left
it in charge of one of his officers. There was an enclosure
at es-Sib belonging to the Benu-Haya, from which they
began to open a musketry fire upon Hamid-bin-Nasir's
men. Refusing to obey the Seyjdd Said's order to desist,
ho permitted the ezh-Zhawahir to attack them, which they
accordingly did, scaling the walls, and then putting to
death all who were within. Old and young they numbered
seventy persons.
From es-Sib the Seyyid Said marched with his force to
Finja, which he surrounded, and after cutting down manv
of their date-trees the people submitted to him. From
thence he went to Badbad, where he was joined by a large
body of the Nizariyyah of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -Semail, under Sirhan-
bin-Suleiman, el-Jary. The fort at that time was held, on
behalf of Kais, by Nasir-bin-Said, es-Sammar, with a
number of the Benu-'Ammah, the el-Habiish, and others.
Seeing himself surrounded on all sides, Nasir asked for
quarter, offering to surrender the fort. He accordingly
made it over, through Sirhan-bin-Suleiman, his garrison
leaving it without their arms; and the Seyyid Said-bin-
Sultan, after placing it in charge of the sheikh Muhammad-
bin-Nasir, el-Jabry, returned with his force to es-Sib.
Hamid-bin-Nasir having thus had an opportunity of
seeing the Nizariyyah pf tho Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -Semail, remarked to 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.

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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1 volume (435 pages)
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The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is an index to the principal names at the back of the volume.

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Dimensions: 210mm x 130mm

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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.' [‎279] (440/612), British Library: Printed Collections, Arab.D.490, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697837.0x000029> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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