'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.' [‎81] (114/612)

and analysis.
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Ahmed appears to have succeeded him in the government of
er-Rastak, but had been treacherously dispossessed by his
uncle Talib, whom the Seyyid Said is recorded to have con
firmed in the appointmeut on this occasion. The reader will
note that, notwithstanding the death of the Imam Said, no
member of the Al-Bu-Said, or any other person, was elected
to succeed him in the dignity of Imam. His nephew Said,
who had been Regent and virtually the exclusive sovereign
of ^Oman since the death of his father Sultan, still retained
the simple title of "Seyyid." The probable reasons for the
discontinuance of the Imam ate are discussed in Appendix A.
Major-General Sir Lionel Smithes expedition redeemed
the prestige of the British. The division under his command
stormed the position of the Benu-Abi-'Aly and their allies
on the 2nd of March, 1821, killed and wounded five hun
dred of the enemy, and took nearly all the remainder
prisoners, including Muhammad-bin-'Aly and his brother
Khadim-bin-'Aly. The latter died of his wounds on the
way to Mdskat, and eighty of the captives carried thither by
the Seyyid Said were confined in the eastern battery, "where
they died of starvation.'' On the other hand, Muhammad-
bin-'Aly and other prisoners, "who were taken away by the
English, when they reached India, were unbound and well
cared for, the wounded received the best professional treat
ment, and all lived in great comfort at Bombay." Moreover,
two years later, " the English permitted Muhammad-bin-
'Aly and his people to return to their homes, and the Go
vernor of Bombay gave him much money to enable him to
rebuild his town, sent him in an English ship to Mdskat,
and w T rote to the Seyyid Said to forgive them. To all which
the Seyyid agreed, and they accordingly returned to Jaalan
and restored their place to its former state," (pp. 344-5).
About this period, according to our native annalist, Saad-
bin-Mutlak was appointed Wahhaby agent in 'Oman by
Turky and Faisal, the " sons of Sund,'' who appear to have
in