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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.' [234] (395/612)
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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234
THE IMAMS OF 'OMAN.
him of what had occurred during the night, and delivered
to him the bag which Bedr had given to him. " As to the
bag," said Seif, "keep it until your master's return from
his journey, and moreover do not disclose the matter to any
one. Return to the fort, and be on your guard against all
such stratagems and tricks." After dismissing Kumbu, Seif
sent for Baraka-es-S^rmalah, whom he ordered to be bound
in the Western fort and starved to death. His body was
then cast into the sea. Meanwhile Majid-bin-Khalfun was in
great dread of Sultan's arrival. On the return of the latter
from the Hijj, and being informed how Majid had been im
plicated in the attempt upon the fort, he caused him to be
bound, but released him in the course of a few days. On
being told that his nephew Bedr had gone to ed-Dir'iy-
yah. Sultan remarked, " Had he remained at Habra, or in
any other part of 'Oman, I would have forgiven him. His
presence at ed-Dir'iyyah bodes no good to us from the people
of the el-Gharb." 1
Then a party of the el-Mutaivdhhihin* of ezh-Zhahirah,
togetherwith some of the Nejd horsemen, attacked es-Suwaik.
Intelligence thereof reaching Sultan, who was then at Barkah,
he ordered Muhammad-bin-Hamed, el-Wahiby, with his men
of the Al-Wahibah, to encounter them. Hamed accordingly
took a number of his uncle's men and other Arabs, mounted
on camels, and hearing that the invaders had entered the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-el-Haimaly he followed them as far as the centre of
the valley, where the mountains closed in upon them, when
they were assailed with musketry from those who were
posted on the heights, and those who were in ambush below
rushed out upon them, so that the Wahhabis overcame them,
and only a few of their number escaped. Muhammad-bin-
Hamed and several of his followers were among the slain.
1 That is, the People of the West, meaning^ the WahMbis of Nejd,
which is westward of 'Oman.
2 Another plural noun formed from Wahhdb. It designates partisans
or abettors of Wahhabeeism.
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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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- '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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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