'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.' [7] (168/612)
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THE OIAMS OP 'OMAN.
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He then quitted ^Oman, and Ziyad continued to administer
the government until Abu-^l-'Abbas, es-Safiah, 1 took the
supreme power from the Benu-Omeyyah. He appointed
Abu-Jaafar, el-Mansur, 2 to ; Irak, and he set Janah-bin 'Ah-
badah, el-Hinay, over ^Oman. The latter it was who built
the mosque of Janah, which is vulgarly called the mosque of
Jamah. He was subsequently deposed and his son Mu
hammad-bin-Janah appointed in his stead. Janah bin-'Ab-
dallah secretly countenanced the doctrines of the el-Ibadhi-
yah, who at length took the government of 'Oman into their
own hands. Whereupon they ratified in the Imamate
JULANDA-BIN-MAS^UD. 3
He was the first of the rightful Imams 4 of 'Omanj and he
greatly promoted the el-Ibadhy 5 doctrines. He was just,
generous, and pious. [The Khalifah] es-Saffah dispatched
Shiban against him, on whose arrival in 'Oman Juldnda sent
Hilal-bin-'Atiyyah, el-Khorassany, and Yahya-bin-Najih with
a band of Mussulmans 6 to encounter him. When the two sides
met and confronted each other, Yahya rose up and uttered
the following prayer, referring to both parties :—" 0 God, if
we hold the religion which Thou approvest, and adhere to
the truth which is agreeable to Thee, cause me to be the first
1 He succeeded to the Khalifate a.h . 132= a.d . 749, and was the first
of the el-'Abb&s, or Abbaside dynasty.
2 Brother to Abu-'l-'Abbas, whom he subsequently succeeded in the
Khalifate.
3 According to Abulfeda, " JuUnda" was the name assumed by all
the kings of 'Oman at this early period. He says: " And of the el-Azd,
also, are the Benu-Juldnda, the sovereigns of 'Oman. And every one who
became king in 'Oman took the name of JulfLnda. At the time of Islam
the kingdom was in the hands of Habkar and 'Abd, both descendants of
el-Julanda." Pocock, Specimen Hist. Arab., p. 475.
4 For the full import of this title, see Appendix A.
5 See Appendix B for an account of this sect.
6 The term " Mussulmans" here implies that the el-Tbadhiyah were the
orthodox and their opponents the sectarians or heterodox.
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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 The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Bombay.
Author: Hamid ibn Muhammad ibn Ruzayq
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- '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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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- Arab.D.490
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- '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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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- Arab.D.490
- Title
- '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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
- Author
- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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- Public Domain
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- Arab.D.490
- Title
- '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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
- Author
- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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