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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.' [80] (241/612)
The record is made up of 1 volume (435 pages). It was created in 1871. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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80
THE IMAMS OP ^OMAN.
they fired upon them. They had also suspended an iron
chain in the air from the tower, now called after my father
the "Tower of Muhammad-bin-Razik," to the tower now
known as " el-Murabba/' [the Square Tower,] whereto were
attached iron cradles, in which men were concealed who dis
charged shot on any of the Imam^s followers who ventured
near them. They also occupied the whole of Jebel-es-Saaly
as well as Jebel-el-Makulla, and the reverberations caused by
the shots fired by those concealed in these mountains and
in the other posts, especially towards nightfall, were continu
ous, whilst their guards and spies went to and fro with news
night and day. 1 They showed the greatest determination
and were everywhere on their guard. The two batteries they
filled with their experienced gunners and musketeers, so
that they cut off all means of access to them from without.
The war in the meantime between them and the Imam^s
troops was of varying fortune : the Portuguese were unable
to expel their assailants from their position at el-Matrah,
neither could the latter force an entry into Maskat. The
Imam's soldiers, however, used to creep up to them by
stealth, and kill any they saw near er-Rawiyah, or any that
showed themselves near the place called Hallat-eVAjam-
wa-'l-Jariyah, and elsewhere, and they used to shout out to
the Portuguese on the walls: " Come forth, and let us
settle matters! Brave men do not hide themselves within
forts and behind walls." They assailed them, moreover,
with all kinds of reproaches, but none ventured out, through
dread of coming in contact with the swords and spears of
the besiegers. On the other hand, the latter were deterred
from an assault by the guns and muskets of the besieged.
1 Owing to the peculiar configuration of the cove a single discharge
reverberates through the hills like a continuous peal of thunder, as I had
frequent opportunities of noticing during my two visits to M&skat in 1860-
61. As here related of the Portuguese, the Arab and Beloochee sentinels
from their different posts on the forts and watch-towers still keep up an
incessant chanting shout from 7 p.m . till sunrise, each appearing to vie
with his comrades who shall shout the loudest.
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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
Publication details: London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society
Physical Description: initial roman numeral pagination (i-cxxviii); with map.
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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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- '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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