'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.' [‎105] (138/612)

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his own incarceration and the assassination of the Seyyid
Thuwainy, while asleep in the fort, by his own son Salim, on
the 11th of February, aided by several accomplices, one of
whom was a Wahhaby; that, thereupon, Salim had disbanded
the tribes destined to march against el-Bereimy, and, leaving
Sohar in the charge of Seif-bin-Suleiman, had hastened to
Mdskat.
Arriving off Maskat, Colonel Pelly found the British re
sidents there in a state of panic, and took the precaution of
recommending them, pending further intelligence, either to
seek refuge on board the steamer Berenice, then in the
harbour, or to embark in their own crafts. On the following
day the Seyyid Salim deputed one of his near relatives with
a letter to the Resident, in which he reiterated his previous
assertions regarding his father's death, namely, that he had
died of fever after three days' illness, and offered to follow
the Resident's wishes in every respect; but Colonel Pelly
declined to reply to this letter, or in any way to acknowledge
the Seyyid Salim. Meanwhile, the latter was reinforced by
the arrival of an influential Mullah from es-Suwaik, and also
by 'Azzan-bin-Kais, of er-Rastak, then in alliance with the
Wahhabis, both of whom came with a large following to his
support. From the fact that about this time the Seyyid
Salim deputed two envoys to Bombay with a letter soliciting
the renewal of the relations which had hitherto subsisted
between the British and Maskat Governments, it does not
seem probable that he, at least, contemplated any injury to
our subjects residing in 'Oman; nevertheless, as no reliance
could be placed on the temper of his fanatical advisers,
measures were promptly taken to protect British interests
on the seaboard wherever they were exposed to danger.
In the month of April of the same year, 1866, an envoy
was dispatched to Abu-Shehr (Bushire) by the W ahhaby
Amir, 'Abdallah,— who had just succeeded to the supre
macy over Nejd by the death of his aged father, Faisal,—■