'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.' [‎68] (101/612)

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INTRODUCTION
40,000 dollars and other rich presents, shows that the el-
Ghafiry tribes were practically independent.
Muhenna's devotion to the Seyyids Salim and Said had
excited the jealousy of their elder cousin, Bedr, who, as we
have seen, had been entrusted with the administration of
affairs in their behalf. Despairing of compassing his ends
in any other way, he employed an assassin to murder him
in his own castle, after his return to Nakhl. 1 recedents
without number justified the atrocity, and the law was
powerless against a prince of the blood, Iwen his cousins
were obliged to dissemble their resentment against the
murderer of their most disinterested champion, whose re
moval encouraged Kais to recommence hostilities against
his nephews. After capturing the town of Maskat and
overrunning the neighbourhood, he was induced, chielly
through the intervention of his sister, the Seyyidah, to
withdraw to Sohar, but not before he had stipulated for the
cession to him of the fort of el-Matrah, and a monthly sti
pend of one thousand dollars.
The peace thus concluded, however, was of short duration.
Instigated by an influential member of the Al-Bu-Said family,
the three cousins, Bedr, Salim, and Said, decided to make
war upon their uncle Kais. Among the numerous levies
which they raised on this occasion were contingents sent by
the Wahhabis, the Benu-Yas and other northern Arabs, and
also by the brothers of the reigning Imam, Said-bin-Ahmed,
their uncle. They also forwarded a large sum of money to
secure the cooperation of the el-Ghanry tribe. Kais com
menced hostilities by a vigorous attack on Maskat, which
was ably defended by Bedr and his auxiliaries, but notwith
standing that he had been reinforced by seven hundred of
the Benu-^Uttub he was unable to gain any advantage over
the assailants. The Seyyid Said, on the other hand, was
joined at Barkah by 12,000 men from ezh-Zhahirah, under
the command of Hamid-bin-Nasir, el-Ghafiry. Marching