'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.' [‎114] (275/612)

THE IMAMS OF ^OMAN.
Muhammad-bin-Nasir bad sojourned at er-llastak for two
months, and when he set out he took with hira Seif-bin-
Sultan, el-Yaaruby, together with all the el-Yaarubah who
were in er-Rastak, but he left Belarab-bin-Xasir bound
there. 1 On reaching Makniyat 2 he summoned the tribes of
the ezh-Zhahirah and 'Oman, and they furnished him with
many soldiers ^ the 13enu-\as also responded to his call and
came to him in lai'ge numbers, so that his army amounted
at that time to 12,000 men. With these he marched
towards Y&nkal, and halted at the I alj-el-Munadherah,
from whence he wrote to them [ot \ ankal] to surrender
their forts; but they returned him no answer though he
persisted in the demand for several days. He then left them
and moved towards the upper side of the channel leading to
the Falj-el-Muhaidath, in the low land, where he was met by
the Benu-'Aly and their allies of the people of Y ankal, and
a fierce battle took place between them in which many of
the Benu-'Aly were slain; among them their renowned
warrior and principal sheikh, Suleiman-bin-Salim. On
Muhammad-bin-Nasir's side, Salim-bin-Ziyad, and, as is
stated, Salim-bin-Murad, el-Ghafiry, and Seif-bin-Nasir,
esh-Shakily, were killed, and a few were wounded.
1 For the reader's guidance through the complicated details of the
ensuing narrative, it may be useful to state that they refer to the con
test, then at its height, between the el-Ghafiry, the el-^ a'arubah and
the el-Ilinay tribes. Muhammad-bin-Nasir, who was at the head of the
former, had already succeeded in displacing the el-Ya'arubah regent
who acted on behalf of the young Imam, Seif-bin-Sultan, of the reigning
dynasty, and had moreover seized the latter and his immediate relatives,
whom he carried about with him as hostages wherever he went. I he
el-Ilinay, headed by Khalf-bin-Kasir, or Mubarak, took part against the
el-Ghafiry, but it is clear that they had separate ends in view, and
aimed at securing the supremacy for themselves. Muhammad-bin-
Na,sir, as we shall see presently, eventually succeeded in obtaining the
Imamate.
2 Makniyat is situated in the district of ezh-Zhahirah, about forty
miles from 'Obra, (see note 2, p. 41.) It is the place which Palgrave
erroneously writes u Mokhanneth." Cent, and East. Arabia, vol. ii. p.
282.