'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.' [‎52] (213/612)

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the imams of ^oman.
man-bin-Nebhan, had entered and taken possession of Nezwa,
a.h . 964.) The fort of Behla continued in the hands of
Muhammad-bin-Jufair till the Al-'Omair purchased it from
him for three hundred lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . They accordingly occupied the
fort on Wednesday, nine days before the expiration of
Jumad-el-Akhir, a.h . 967.
The author of the Kashf-el-Ghummah thinks it probable
that ^Omar-bin-el-Kasim, el-Fudhaily, lived in the time of
Barakat-bin-Ismail; but God knows. Another Imam was
now set up in the person of
'ABDALLAH-BIN-MUHAMMAD-EL-KARN,
el-hinay.
He was appointed at Manh, on Friday the 25th of Rajab, 967,
and he made his entry into the fort of Behla two days before
the end of that month and year; but on Saturday, three
days before the expiration of Ramadhan, a.h . 968, Barakat-
bin-Muhammad-bin-Ismail entered the fort and expelled
him.
To sum up: of the rulers of the Benu-Nebhan there was
not one Imam or Malik whom the God of grace and benevo
lence could approve of. On the contrary, most of them
were tyrants and oppressors, and that led to their down
fall :—" Do not imagine that God overlooks the actions of
the evil-doers." 1 When, therefore. He decreed that the evils
which had so long afflicted the people of 'Oman should come
to an end and their wounds be bound up by justice. He
caused the sun of salvation to shine upon them, and by
its pure beams to scatter the mists of injustice, in the per
son of
1 Kurdn, xiv. 43. The author gives a very different opinion of the
Benu-Nebhan on p. 40.