'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.' [‎208] (369/612)

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THE IMAMS OF 'OMAN.
attached to his kmfe, which he cut up for that purpose.
He then issued forth unarmoured, sword in hand, and was
not dispatched until he had killed two men more.
Notwithstanding the renown which Hamed had acquired
throughout ^Oman and elsewhere, nevertheless, whenever
his uncle Sultan was named he used to remark: "I don't
believe that any king or hero ever equalled Sultan for for
titude and bravery;" and Sultan used to say the same of
Hamed. The following anecdote recounted to me by the
Kadhi Said-bin-Ahmed-bin-Ssiid, el-Yahmady, serves to
illustrate their mutual feelings in this respect. He said: " I
was myself in the service of Fadhl-bin-Seif, el-^t ahmady,
while he was attached to the Seyyid Hdmed, the son of the
Imam Said. One day we accompanied Hamed to Barkah,
where we arrived about sunset, and found that Sultan had
reached Nuaman before us. AV hen the crier of the mosque
proclaimed the prayer of the Fajr, 1 Fadhl and I repaired to
the fort and found Hdmed in the room of prayer. After we
had prayed the Sunnah of the Fajr, Hamed said to Fadhl-
bin-Seif, ' Say the Fardh? for us/ When Fadhl had recited
the prayer and the Duol (i^ Horned said, ( I shall now read
something from the Kuran;' so he went to one side of the
room and covered his head with his cloth, while Fadhl and
I remained perusing the blessed book. W hen the sun rose,
Fadhl went to him and said : c Come let us say the prayer of
the TJhdha.' 4, He replied: 'Bring me the dish and ewer.'
1 Fajr, daybreak, or when the first gleam of light appears in the east.
2 The Muslim is required to pray at five stated times every day ; the
service for each consists of two parts, one called Sunnah, appointed by
the Prophet, and the other Fardk, ordained by the Kuran.
3 The Duad is a short petition which the worshipper offers up—
generally in words taken from the Kuran—before the final salutation in
the last prayer of each service. While thus engaged he looks at the
palms of his hands, which he holds like an open book before him, and
then draws -over his face, from the forehead downwards. See Lane's
Modern Egyptians, vol. i, p. 112.
4 This is not one of the five appointed times of prayer, and I am