'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.' [‎185] (346/612)

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his party intended to attack him, unless he surrendered the
fort to them, adding that there was no time to be lost. The
Wali asked three days' delay, at the expiration of which he
would either surrender the fort or fight; but on finding that
he was quite unable to cope with them he surrendered the
fort on the same day, and then set out with his soldiers to
the Imam, to whom he reported the whole affair. There
upon the Imam ordered his son Hilal to march with a strong-
force to Dafa'-'l-Audiyah and to destroy all the towers erected
by the el-Miyayahah, and afterwards the fort of el-Karty,
which belonged to the esh-Shakil. He also wrote to Mu
hammad-bin-Suleiman, el-Yaaruby, the Wali of Nakhl, to
dispatch men from thence under the command of Muham-
mad-bin-Himyar, el-Yaaruby. He also sent parties on a
similar errand to the tribes of 'Oman, to the esh-Sharkiyyah
and Jaalan, to the Amirs of the Belooches, and to the peo
ple of Mekran, and to the Zidgal.
In the meantime Hilal, the Imam's son, marched with
his force to Dafa'-'l-Audiyah and destroyed all the towers of
the el-Miyayahah. On reaching el-Karty he asked to have
an interview with the garrison of the fort, which was re
fused. He then sent Muhammad-bin-Himyar to them with
offers of immunity, if they surrendered. By Muhammad's
advice they agreed and accompanied him to Hilal, the
Imam's son, whereupon some of his men fell on them and
killed every one of them, twelve in number, all belonging
to the family of Farkh-er-Rih, of the Benu-Shakil, the
most devoted adherents of Nasir-bin-Muhammad. The
Benu-Ghafir attributed their death to Muhammad-bin-Him
yar, alleging that but for him not one of them would have
lost his life. This incident, therefore, confirmed them in
their hatred to the el-Yaarubah, and their animosity was
not satiated until they eventually killed Seif-bin-Malik-bin-
Seif, el-Yaaruby, at el-Karty, during the war of the el-
Miyayahah and the Benu-Kelban at that place.