'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.' [‎1] (162/612)

THE IMAMS OF 'OMAN.
BOOK THE FIRST.
From Julanda-bin-Mas'ud
to the glorious imam of the A l-Bu-Sa'i D , ahmkd- BIN -
Sa'id, el-Azdy.
a.h . 41—1188 = a.d . 661—1774.
Salil-ihn-Razik, tlce author of this hook, to the reader :—
Although our main object is to set forth the biography of
the illustrious Ahmed-bin-Sa 1 id and his descendants, never
theless we have deemed it desirable to preface it with an
account of all the Imams of 'Oman, in order to a more com-
jplete understanding of the subject, and that those hitherto
unacquainted ivith their history may learn to know that the
el-Yemeny, the el-'Omany Azdites are of great renown.
The most learned and accurate historians agree in this, that
whereas after the disturbances and dissensions which had
occurred among the people, 1 the supreme authority was
eventually vested in Mo'awiyah-bin-Harb-bin-Sofyan,- never
theless Mo'awiyah exercised no jurisdiction whatever over
'Oman. It was not until 'Abdu-'l-Malik-bin-Marwan suc-
1 The reference here is to the differences among the Mussulmans
which led to the assassination of 'Othman, the election of 'Aly and his
subsequent deposition, and the accession of his son Hasan, who even
tually resigned the Khalifate in favour of Mo awiyah. A succinct ac
count of these intestine feuds, chiefly from original sources, will be found
in the Modern Universal History, vol. i. pp. 348-412.
2 The first of the Benu-Omeyyah Khalifahs. He succeeded to the
Khalifate a.h . 41 = a.d . 6G1.