'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.' [‎19] (32/612)

editor's preface.
tions appear to have been made to it by a different
hand—notably the proem to the Biography of the
late Seyyid Sa'id—which I am inclined to attri
bute to the Muhammad-ibn-Ilazik, probably the
author's brother, mentioned in the first colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. at
the end of the volume. The concluding colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text.
gives the name of the transcriber, who has been very
careless about dates.
As a recognized transliteration of the Arabic into
Roman characters is still a desideratum, I have
eschewed any attempt at etymological exactness in
that respect, and have simply endeavoured to convey
the correct sound of the original as nearly as possible,
without resorting to expedients unfamiliar to the
general reader. I give to the consonants the same
power as in English ; to the vowels the same sound
generally as in Italian : a as in far; e as in beg; i as
in pit; o as in store; u as lunar. The diphthongs ai
and ei, like the ie in pie and the ei in vein respec
tively. The vocal sound of ow in hoiv I express by
au; when doubled in the same word, by aww, as in
Tawwam.
The Arabic suffix when used to denote an ordi
nary or gentilic adjective I have represented by y,
which somewhat in the same way constitutes the
formative of many of our English adjectives, e.g.,
windy from wind, stormy from storm, etc. This ter
minal y should be pronounced with a ringing Italian
i sound.
The acute accent ( y ) over a vowel denotes the syl
lable to be accentuated ; attention to this expedient