'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.' [‎362] (523/612)

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THE IMAMS OP 'OMAN.
Seif-bin-Hatnud, having by ttis timG succscdcd in. gaming
the affections of the people of Sohar, began to be ambitious.
He discharged the garrison left in the fort by his father,
and placed men of his own in their stead; set his father s
authority at defiance ; refused to admit any into Sohar whom
he knew to be on his father's side ; would not remit to his
father any of the revenue of the place ; acted as if he were
entirely independent; and cultivated the alliance of the
Seyyid Thuwainy-bin-Said. His father's exasperation was
so great that he suborned some of his servants and officers
to put him out of the way. They accordingly murdered
him in his bed, and his father forbade all public mourning
for his death. 1 By this means Hamud again came into pos
session of the fort of Sohar, and of all the other forts which
had been held by his son.
When the Seyyid Said heard of the murder and of
Hamud's proceedings generally, in violation of the treaty
which he had made with him through the intervention
of the English, he wrote a statement of the case and sub
mitted it to the English authorities. They replied: He
has no longer any claim upon us, for we are convinced that
he has broken his engagements; do with him whatever you
please." So he directed his son Thuwainy to move against
him, and Thuwainy eventually seized him—after a series^ of
efforts too long to be narrated—on the shore near Shinas,
brought him to Mlskat, and confined him in the Eastern
fort, where he died. 2 He was buried in the grave opposite
1 " The father, ever jealous of the son, resolved to destroy him, and
hired the confidential servant of his master to carry into execution his
base and treacherous purpose. Syud Syf was assassinated in his bed,
and the murderer resumed his position." Bombay Government Selec
tions, No. xxvi, p. 228.
2 "The Syud Soweynee appeared off Shinas in his frigate, the Fyz
Allum ....On arrival, his Excellency expressed a desire to hold an inter
view with Syud Humood bin Azau, for the purpose of renewing his
friendly relations with that chief, and restoring to their original footing