'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.' [‎226] (387/612)

THE IMAMS OF 'OMAN.
districts, recognized Sultan, So that a clear horizon now
opened before him. Then, on a certain day, he went to
Nezwa and ordered Suwailim-bin-Suleiman and Muhammad-
bin-^Isa, en-Niry, to proceed to el-Matrah, and there to lie
in wait for Khasif-bin-Matar, el-Hinuy,—between whom and
Muhammad-bin-'Isa there was an old grudge,—to seize him
when he descended from el-Falj on business, to send him
bound to Maskat, to imprison him in the Western fort, and
to keep him there without food or water till he died, then
to place his body in a boat and to throw it into the sea a
long distance from land. The plot succeeded, for, on hearing
that Sultan had gone to 'Oman, Khasif left el-Falj for el-
Matrah, with an escort of twelve men only. On the way he
was seized by the ambuscade and carried off to Maskat,
where he fell a victim to the fate which had been prepared
for him, greatly to the delight of Saltan.
Saltan went next to es-Suwaik, 1 which was then in the
hands of his brother Sjud-bin-el-Imam, and captured it, and
from him he also took el-Masnaah. (At this time a recon
ciliation was effected betwixt Sultan and Muhammad-bin-
Khalfan.) His next conquest was Shahbar, 2 of Mekran; after
which he attacked el-Kusum [Kishm], and reduced it. Then,
after a reconciliation was effected betwixt him and the Benu-
Main, the people of el-Kasum, he attacked it again; he
also attacked Hormuz, the port of which island belonged to
Mullah Hasan, el-Mainy, and took both places. These suc
cesses increased his renown and whetted his thirst for
conquest.
Afterwards he attacked and conquered the island of el-
1 Suwaik is, next to Sohar, the largest place on the east coast of
'Oman, northward of Mdskat. It is a walled town containing about
seven hundred houses, with a strong fort in the centre. The country
around is very fertile. The district in which it is situated has generally
been held in appanage by one of the ruling Seyyid's relations.
51 The " Char bar" and u Choubar" of our maps. The place has re
mained a dependency of the Maskat state ever since.