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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.' [97] (258/612)
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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THK IMAMS OF 'OMAN.
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When the merchant awoke and missed the bags of money
he smote his cheeks and rent his clothes for grief, and
returned at once to er-Rastak and reported what had be
fallen him to the Imam. The Imam immediately sent for
Salim the Tracker and directed him to follow up the
traces of the robber. Salim then inquired of the Y^meny
where the robbery occurred. The latter did not know the
name of the place, but from his description of it the Imam
concluded that the spot was that known as Shaab-el-Merkh.
Salim accordingly set out early that day and returned at
sunset. On being asked by the Imam what discovery he
had made, he replied: " O Imam of the Muslims, I have
gone over all the road and I saw a mass of footprints, but I
was unable to trace them. Despise me, if you will, but
exonerate me from blame, for the unknown is full of mys
teries/' Thereupon the Imam looking intently at him said :
" O Salim, such an excuse will not save you from punish
ment ; but go again and trace the footprints, for my mind
tells me that your heart has prompted you to some wicked
act. Therefore discard all excuses, for the soul is not
subjected to evil beyond what the merciful Lord per
mits.^ The officers also of the Imam said to him : " Go,
0 Salim, and do what the Imam bids you; perchance God may
direct you in the right way." Salim accordingl} 7 set out, but
returned again with the same answer as before. The Imam
then ordered him to be flogged, and forbade any one to give
him water during the punishment. When he was on the
point of dying from thirst, one of the Imam's principal
officers took pity upon him, and begged the Imam to allow
Salim ten days to follow up the traces and discover the
thief, urging that God might aid him in finding him.
Salim accordingly set out to follow up the traces, and saw
from the foot-print of the camel of his accomplice that it
had turned off towards the seacoast. He traced it first to
Wadam, and then up to the house of the man who had
is
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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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- 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
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- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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