"تاريخ أئمة وأسياد عُمان بقلم سليل ابن رزيق، من ٦٦١-١٨٥٦ م، مترجم من الأصل العربي، ومُحرّر بملاحظات وملاحق ومقدمة تواصل التاريخ حتى سنة ١٨٧٠، بقلم جورج بيرسي بادجر، عضو في الجمعية الجغرافية الملكية والقس الراحل في رئاسة بومباي." [‎٤‎١] (٦١٢/٢٠٢)

KINGS OF THE BENU-NEBHAN.
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KINGS OF THE BENU-NEBHAN.i
EL-FELLAH-BIN-EL-MUHSIN
is the most renowned of the kings of the Benu-Nebhan for
liberality, integrity and statesmanship. He resided at
Makniyat/ in the district of es-Sirr, and built the lofty and
impregnable fort there, and called it el-Aswad [the Black
Fort]. It was he also who introduced the mango tree into
Makniyat, having been led to do so from the accounts which
he had heard of the excellence of its fruit. The tree was
subsequently spread over 'Oman, where it had not been pre
viously known. El-Fellah was a patron of poets and poetry,
and was eulogized by many of the poets of his day. On his
death he was succeeded by his son,
' AR AR- BIN-EL-FELL AH- BIN-EL-MUH SIN,
who resembled his father in goodness and generosity. He
died ten days before the expiration of el-Hijj, a.h . 99. 3 After
him came
MUZHAFFIR-BIN-SULEIMAN-BIN-SULEIMAN,
who only reigned two months and then died. He was suc
ceeded by
1 A short account of the origin of the Benu-Nebhan is given in the
Introduction. What follows under this head consists of detached frag
ments, of uncertain date, but presumably posterior to the invasion of
'Om&n from Hormuz. The author here represents the Benu-Nebhan as
exercising some degree of authority up to a.h. 1026 = a.d. 1617.
3 Makniyat seems to have been the capital of the Benu-Nebhan.
Wellsted describes it as having, been once a large city but now a very
insignificant place. The Wahhabis invaded it in 1800, when they seized
the castle, burnt the houses, and destroyed most of the trees in its vici
nity. Travels in Arabia, vol. i, p. 215.
3 A third figure is evidently wanting here, but the context does not
enable me to supply it with any degree of certainty.