'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.' [‎31] (64/612)

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plant him. Yaarub succeeded in obtaining possession of
M&skat, which had now become one of the most important
places in the principality ; and Muhenna perceiving that he
was utterly unable to cope with him,—the people generally
remaining deaf to his appeals for assistance,—shut himself
up in the castle of er-Rastak, where he was besieged by
the opposite party. Relying on a protnise of amnesty from
Yaarub, he left the castle, whereby " he virtually abdicated
the Imamate but was subsequently seized, together with
his companions, by Yaarub's men, and treacherously mur
dered in prison, a.d . 1720, after a reign of less than two
years.
Yaarub did not lay claim to the Imamate, " for that be
longed of right to his cousin, Seif-bin-Su]tan/ , who had
already been elected ; but being under age was deemed
"incapable of carrying on the administration." He assumed
the regency, however, and was shortly after raised to the
Imamate by a council of chiefs, under 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 the
Kadhi ^Adiy-bin-Suleiman. The considerations on which
this act is justified afford an insight into the peculiar ad
mixture of civil law and religious dogma which then pre
vailed among the ^Omanis. " The Kadhi" declared \aarub
assoiled from the guilt of rebellion, and discharged him
from making restitution for the wrongs he had perpe
trated, on the ground that e< repentance acquits the peni
tent," (p. 102).
Yaarub had not been long in power when a reaction took
place against him and in favour of the youthful Seif-bin-
Sultan, who was then residing at Nezwa, under the guar
dianship of his uncle, Belarab-bin-Nasir. At the earnest
solicitation of the malcontents, Belarab left Nezwa and
proceeded to enlist the sympathies of the ti'ibes in favour
of his nephew. He gained over the Benu-Hinah, or el-
Hinay, by suitable concessions, and with their aid succeeded
in expelling Yaarub's Wali from the important city of er-