'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.' [‎32] (65/612)

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introduction
Rastak. He also gained over the Walis of Mdskat and
other towns to his cause, and eventually obliged his rival to
take refuge in the fortress of Nezwa. In the meantime,
the Kadhi ^Adiy-bin-Suleiman, who had been the principal
agent in YaaruVs election, repaired to er-Rastak, where he
was seized and murdered, together with another Kadhi,
who had probably acted as his colleague, and the bodies of
both " were dragged through the streets like dead cattle.' ,
On the intervention of several chiefs, Yaarub consented to
evacuate Nezwa, on condition of being allowed to retire to
the fort of Yabrin, and there to remain unmolested. These
terms having been agreed to, a salute was fired from the
castle of Nezwa, proclaiming a second time the Imamate of
Seif-bin-Sultan.
We now enter upon an entirely new phase of Omany his
tory. Belarab-bin-Nasir having been appointed regent on
behalf of his nephew, the chiefs of the tribes and towns
came to congratulate him. Among them came Muhammad-
bin-Nasir, of the Benu-Ghafir, (see ante, pp.ix,x), apparently
as a representative of the northern tribes generally, who up
to this period seem to have recognized the authority of the
Imams. Stung to the quick by his sinister reception, he
left the capital in anger, and forthwith entered into a cor
respondence with Yaarub, the deposed Imam, and the in
habitants of Behla to revolt against Belarab. A series of
conflicts ensued between the two parties and their respective
confederates, which resulted in the surrender of er-Rastak
to Muhammad-bin-Nasir, who also obtained possession of
the person of the young Imam, Seif-bin-Sultan, and his
principal adherents, whom he detained as hostages, and
thereafter obliged them to march in his suite wherever he
went. No sooner had his army been admitted into er-
Rastak, than they began plundering it, committing all kinds
of outrages upon the inhabitants, who were driven to seek
shelter in the neighbouring mountains, where one hundred