'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.' [‎80] (113/612)

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introduction
Ibadhiyah and adopted Walihaby tenets, had refused to recog
nize the Seyyid's authority. Moreover, some of their converts
at el-Ashkharah, a large maritime village on the coast below
Eas-el-Hadd, had plundered several English ships which
were wrecked in their neighbourhood. 1 o punish these
outrages, a British force, consisting of six companies of
sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. and eight guns, was landed at Sur, where they
were joined by 2,000 Arabs, levied from different tribes,
and commanded by the Seyyid Said in person. On the
9th of November, 1820, the combined armies attacked the
enemy's position and were utterly routed. Nearly the whole
of the British detachment actually engaged was cut up,
and the Seyyid Said, who is acknowledged to have displayed
great courage on the occasion, was shot through the hand in
endeavouring to save an artilleryman. 1 he same night the
enemy attempted to surprise the entrenched camp of the
British, which led to the flight of most of their Arab allies,
none standing by the Seyyid but Muhammad-bin-Nasir, and
the Wahhaby, Battal-el-Mutairy. " Perceiving that the edge
of the courage of the English had been blunted, and that
their numbers had been greatly reduced, the Seyyid ordered
a retreat, and he and the English accordingly returned to
Maskat," on the 17th of November, from whence the latter
embarked for Bombay.
To vindicate the national character a second expedition,
under the command of Sir Lionel Smith, was dispatched to
Sur, where it was again joined by the Seyyid Said and his
Arab levies, and where they were detained for three days to
allow the Seyyid to mourn for his elder brother Salim, the
intelligence of whose death reached him at that place.
The narrative here apprises us also of the death of the
Imam Said, the son of the first Imam of the Al-Bd-Said
dynasty, and the Seyyid Said's uncle, which must have oc
curred between this time, a.d . 1821, and 1811, at which latter
date he was still living, (see notes, pp. 323, 325). His son