'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.' [‎127] (160/612)

{Author's Title and Preface]
This Book is entitled A P lain and A uthentic E xpo
sition of the C hronicles of the S eyyids
of the A l - B u- S a'i D .
In the name of God, the Contpaffionatc, the Merciful!
RAISE be to God, Who renders eafy to thofe poffefled
of underftanding the knowledge of Biographies and
Genealogies; Who guides them in difcriminating between
the excellencies of different peoples and communities ; Who
difclofes to them what has befallen kings of unfullied
dignity : enabling them to raife the veil from that which
had been hidden ; to arrange under appropriate heads the
leffons which they acquired ; and to communicate the fame
in fhowers to all inquirers refpe6ling the chara6ler or defcent
of their fovereigns and the limits of their kingdoms,—their
replies flowing like a running torrent! And mercy and
falvation be to the mofl learned of mankind and the mofl;
eloquent in lucid difcourfe, our lord, the ApofUe of God,
and to his Family and Companions, whofe fpeech none
could gainfay !
Whereas I had been requefled by the exalted and noble,
the accomplifhed and generous, the Seyyid Hamed, the
fon of our fovereign lord, Salim-bin-Sultan-bin-el-Imam
Ahmed-bin-Said, el -Al -Bu-Saidy, el-Yemeny, el-Azdy, to
draw up for him a narrative of what I had heard and learnt
from experienced genealogifls, who were alfo well-ac
quainted with contemporaneous authentic hifl;ory,refpe£ling
the pedigree of the glorious Imam Ahmed-bin-Said and
the events of his brilliant life during his exalted reign, the
difficulties which he had to encounter, and how he fuc-
ceeded in uprooting the fovereignty of the el-Yaarubah