'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.' [‎73] (106/612)

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unfortunate man, together with the captain over the slaves,
was cast into prison at Maskat, and both were kept there
till they died.
Despairing of success against the formidable confederacy
which beset him on all sides, the Regent dispatched his
brother, the Seyyid Salim, with a suitable retinue, to solicit
the aid of Fath-'Aly-Shah, then (about a.d . 1809) urgently
pressed with applications from the ambassadors of France
and England, who sought his cooperation, the one in favour
of, and the other against, the threatened invasion of India
by Buonaparte. The account given at pp. 306—314 of this
embassy to Shiraz,—the light which it incidentally throws
on the manners of the Persian court; the intrigues of the
fanatical Shiaah-Mirza appointed to attend upon the ^Omany
visitors to thwart their object; the discussion on the rela
tive orthodoxy of the Shiaah and Ibadhiyah creeds which
took place between the said Mirza and a shrewd Kadhi in
the suite of the Seyyid Salim ; and the thorough oriental
versatility of the latter as a diplomatist,—all these incidents
are narrated with a charming simplicity, and will amply re
pay a careful perusal. Salim's request for 3,000 horsemen,
to be paid, provisioned, and armed at the expense of the
'Omany state, was acceded to by the Shah, and in due course
this cavalry contingent was safely transported from Bunder-
el-'Abbas, and encamped near the fort of Barkah, on the el-
Batinah coast, about forty-five miles to the westward of
Maskat.
Both parties now prepared for the coming struggle : Mu-
hammad-bin-Nasir, el-Jabry, set out from Semriil to raise
levies from his confederates in the north, while the Seyyid
Salim, taking the Persians with him, invested and captured
Nakhl. Being subsequently reinforced by his cousin ^zzan-
bin-Kais and his uncle Talib, with their respective followers,
he proceeded next to Semail, which surrendered at discre
tion. Intelligence of the loss of his fort reaching Muham-
l