'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.' [‎55] (216/612)

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Imam, Nasir-bin-Murshid, he marched with his followers to
er -Rastak, then wholly in the hands of his cousin Malik-bin-
Abi-'l-'Arab, el-Yaaruby, who no sooner saw the banners of
the Imam than he forthwith surrendered the castle and fort
to him without any opposition.
From thence the Imam and his troops proceeded to Nakhl,
then in the hands of his uncle Sultan-bin-Abi- J 'l- , Arab. After
a siege of several days he captured it. On his departure
some of the people who were inwardly disloyal to him seized
upon the fort; but he soon returned and reduced them to
submission. Being solicited to overlook their breach of taith,
he pardoned them and then made ^Abdallah-bin-Said, esh-
Shakasy, governor over them, returning himself to er-
Rastak.
Some few days after, messengers came to him from the
people of Nezwa, inviting him to come and take possession
of the place. He accordingly marched with his army and
reached Sharjat-Sefer, belonging to Se'med-el-Kindy, where
he remained a night, but as the people did not come to him
as they had promised he returned to er-Rastak. He had
taken the road by el-^Akk, both in going and returning,
without visiting Semiiil; but on his arrival at er-Rastak,
sheikh Ahmed-bin-Suleiman, er-l\uwahy, accompanied by a
number of the er-Ruwahah and others sent by Mani^-bin-
Sinan, el-'Omairy, came to solicit him to assume jurisdiction
over Semail. He accordingly went, taking with him the
men of the el-Yahmad who had been his staunch supporteis
from the first, and others, and on his arrival at Semail the
people made over the government to him. Leaving some
of his force with Mani'-bin-Sinan, he proceeded with the
remainder to Nezwa. It had been pre-arranged between
him and Mani'-bin-Sinan and the Benu-Ruwahah that he
should go by way of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ot the latter to Nez\Na; ho
did so, having with him the Kadhi sheikh Khamis-bin-Said,
esh-Shtlkasy. On reaching the town of Azka, the people