"سجلات تاريخ عُمان" [‎٤‎٩] (١١٢/٦٦)

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retreated, leaving the Hinai chief and his followers besieged in the Fort.
He was at length forced to surrender, and evacuated the place with all his
men, arms, and property, leaving the Fort empty. The Imam after placing
a Wall there returned to Nezwa. The Imam next marched to Semail
against Mani'-bin Sinan el-'Omeyri. The latter, as soon as he heard of the
Imam's approach, made his submission, and advised the Imam to suffer him
to remain in the Fort, promising to be faithful for the future. This the
Imam consented to, and, after completing his design of rebuilding the old
Fort of Semail, returned to Nezwa.
After that, the Imam proceeded with a force to Makamyat, where he
attacked and defeated the enemy. The garrison, however, held out for
nearly three months in the Fort, after which time the Imam captured it,
and placed Mohammed-bin 'All there as Wall.
Sa'id el-Khiyali and his clan ceased not to persevere in their enmity
towards the Imam, and to correspond with the el-Jibur, until the latter
admitted them to the town of el-Sakhban, where they slew a man of the
el-Dhahahakeh and many of the Imam's soldiers and others, the number
of whom God alone knows. The Imam's army was completely shut up,
and several engagements were fought; one a very severe one at el-'Ajeyfiyeh,
another at el-Ghabeh, another at el-Mathareh, another at el-Ziyadeh, and
many more hard fights, so that the pillars of el-Islam were well nigh
crumbled to ruins. The Wall was deserted by many of the people, and left
with only a small number, beset by the enemy banded to oppose him, so
that his resolution was almost overcome by his terror. He remained be-
sieo-ed in the fort of el-Ghabbi, the governor of which was Mohammed-bm
Seyf. When Mohammed-bin 'All, Wall of Makaniyat, became aware of
the state of affairs, he assembled a force to relieve Mohammed-bm Seyf at
el-Ghabbi, and, coming on the enemy unawares, he entered the place, and
defeated and scattered them in all directions. Some gained el-Sakhbaii,
some fled to the desert, and the rest set out for Yankal, which place was
held by Nasir-bin Katan. So God gave the victory to the Musalmans.
After these occurrences, Mani'-bin Sinan secretly entered into corre
spondence with Seyf-bin Mohammed el-Hinai, and played the traitor by
violatino- the compact he had entered into with the Imam. Having col
lected a"force, the two entered Nezwa, the inhabitants of which place were
not guiltless of treachery and disaffection, as this was effected with their
secret connivance, and with the aid of some of the tribes. On entering
Nezwa, they possessed themselves of el-'Akr. n , • ,
The Imam retained only the fort, which they rigorously beset, but just
as they were on the point of breaching the wall, succours arrived from Izki
and Bahla, including the Benu-Elyam. These having entered the place to
the relief of the Imam, who was overjoyed at their arrival, the enemy s orces