'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.' [‎93] (254/612)

the imams of 'oman.
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liud many male and female slaves. ^Oman was strong under
his administration and became the best of countries. He
persevered in the same praiseworthy course till he died at
er Rastak, where also he was buried, and where his grave is
well known. His son Sultan built a fine dome over it,
which was subsequently destroyed by the Wahhabis. He
died on Thursday night, the 3rd of Ramadhan, a.h . 1123
[4th October, 1711.]
The learned sheikh Muhammad-bin-'Arik, el-'Adwany,
states in his history that when the Imam Seif-bin-Sultan
died he had acquired possession of one-third of all the date-
trees in 'Oman ; that he repaired the es-Sayighy canal at
es-Rastak, the el-Yazily in ezh-Zhahirah, the el-Kuthir at
el-Hazm, and also the el-Barzaman and el-Misfah canals;
that he possessed seven hundred male slaves and twenty-
eight ships ; among the latter were the el-Falak, the el-
Malk, the er-Rahmany, the Kaabras, and the es-Salihy.
The el-Falak was armed with eighty large guns, each gun
measuring three spans at the breech. He also planted at
Naj'iman-Barkah 30,000 young date-trees and 6,000 cocoa-
nut trees, besides those which be planted at Bir-en-Nasha-
wah, er-Rassah and el-Mandzariyyah. Moreover, he acquired
the property of the Benu-Lamk and the Benu-'Adiy of the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -es-Sahtan, by purchase. His appointed successor was
his son,
SULTAN-BIN SEIF, [II]
bin - sultan - bin - malik-bin - bel^arab- bin - sultan- bin-mali k-
bin-bel'akab-bin-sultan-bin-muhammad,
el-ya'aruby.
At God's command this Imam made war on the enemy
by sea and land, and encountered the Persians in many
places. He removed from er-Rastak to el-Hazm, and built
the fort there, expending thereon all the money which he
inherited from his father, besides borrowing many additional