'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.' [‎120] (153/612)

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INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.
assert their claims. There are at least thirty of these For-
phyrogeniti at the present time, of whom from ten to twelve
are, like the Seyyid Turky, sons of the late Seyyid Said.
The severance of Zanzibar and its East African depend
encies from ^Oman, in 1861, when they were formed into a
separate principality under the Seyyid Majid, (see p. c), has
preserved that young State from being embroiled in the
recent conflicts of the mother country, thereby giving it
free scope to husband its growing resources, and to become
—what under an enlightened ruler it might become—the
means of promoting civilization, industry, and commercial
prosperity among the aboriginal tribes on the African coast.
The death of the Seyyid Majid in October, 1870, was fol
lowed by the uncontested accession of his younger brother,
Barghash, who, it is sincerely to be hoped, will in his ad
ministration of the Zanzibar territories turn to good account
the experience acquired during a year's residence at Bombay.
The most dangerous rock ahead in his future career is the
possibility of his being induced to intermeddle, either on his
own behalf or on behalf of his brother, Turky, with the
domestic affairs of 'Oman.
G. P. B.