'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.' [‎iii-v] (13/612)

are and the appendices; " Un the litle ot imam,
" The ' Ibadiyy a," " An Account of the Murder of 'Ali," will
be found very useful for the general reader, though they
scarcely contain anything that Is new to the professed scholar.
For the benefit of those who find it tedious to wade through
the monotonous account of the Arab chronicler, Mr. Badger
has composed a history of Oman of his own, based upon
, Salil's work. And this part ("Introduction and Analysis")
is particularly valuable, because he has added an account of
the latest history of the country from 1856 till 1870. For this
task he was eminently fitted, being acquaint'ed hot only with the
^country, -but also with several of its leading men, for all which
'interesting matter we may refer to the " Editor's Preface."
Not knowing the Arabic original whence this translation
was made, we cannot judge whether it is accurate or not;
but we can say this much, that it is very readable. Regard
ing the numerous geographical names, the pronunciation of
which was not always certain, we should have advised the
translator to give not only his mode of reading them, but
also the Arabic forms, as he found* them in his MS, In
doubtful cases this would have greatly facilitated any attempt
at emendation. A very valuable portion of his work, which
contains such a store of positively new information, is that
referring to the relations between the Wahhabis and Oman,
which will have to be carefully perused by the future his
torian ot A\ ahhabiism. Lastly, we may mention that Mr.
Badger frequently criticizes the " brilliant pages" (as he
calls them) of Palgrave's Central and Eastern Arabia. He
proves that all the assertions which Palgrave makes regard
ing Oman are just " a tissue of fallacies from beginning to
en( ' notwithstanding which he loads the author with
compliments!
Ed. Sachau.