'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.' [‎151] (312/612)

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and ammunition which they had brought to their camp at
Sohar. Ahmed having agreed to these terms, the Khan,
their commander-in-chief, accompanied by ten of his princi
pal officers, had an interview with him in the fort, where
they were hospitably entertained. During the repast the
commander-in-chief said to Ahmed : " As you have allowed
us to carry away all our arms, I trust you will allow our
comrades at Mdskat to do the same, and permit them to
cross over to Bunder-el- , Abbas in safety/' To this Ahmed
replied : "In shad Allah but nothing more. Two days
after, the Khan and his followers embarked on board their
vessels and went to Bunder-el-'Abbas, from whence they
proceeded to Shiraz. On their departure from Sohar, Ah
med marched with two thousand men to Barkah, the fort of
which place surrendered to him at discretion. On his return
to Sohar, after a few days' stay at Barkah, he wrote to
Khalfan-bin-Muhammad, of the Al-Bft-Said, a well-known
personage whom he had appointed to act as his Wali there,
to set up two pairs of scales at Barkah for weighing such
goods as were imported from India and were sold by weight;
(he had resorted to a similar device when Seif-bin-Sultan
was at Maskat). His orders having been executed, a good
market sprung up at Barkah, for vessels went there which
had been accustomed heretofore to discharge at Mdskat;
trade increased, and people frequented it from 'Oman and
ezh-Zhahirah to buy and sell, carrying back such merchan
dise as they required. By this means supplies were cut off
from the Persian forces at Maskat and el-Matrah, who there
upon began to despond, especially after the departure of
their comrades from Sohar. Moreover, they had been greatly
alarmed on hearing of the death of Seif-bin-Sultan. In
consequence of all these untoward events they dispatched a
messenger to el-Hazm, requesting that Majid-bin-Sultan,
one of the el-Yaarubah and a near relation of the late Seif-
1 If it please God.