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'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.' [239] (400/612)
The record is made up of 1 volume (435 pages). It was created in 1871. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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SULTAN-BIN-EL-IMAM-AHMED.
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he fell in with three boats belonging to the esh-Shuaihiyyin, 1
who are a tribe of the el-Hawalah, of Julfar. The encounter
took place at midnight, the boats of the esh-Shuaihiyyin being
crowded with men, whereas Sultanas boat, the el-Badry, carried
as already stated only a few of his slaves and freemen. The
esh-Shuaihiyyin hailed the crew of the el-Badry and asked
what boat it was. Sultan replied : " It belongs to Sultan-
bin-el-Imam, who himself answers you." The latter words
were meant as a defiance, and implied further, " who will
smite you with the sword, and will not suffer the wounded
to escape." They retorted : "We are in search of Sultan."
He answered: " Then furl your sails, and, God willing, we
shall fight at dawn." They did so, and he ordered the men
on board the el-Badry to do the same. Then some of his
followers advised Sultan to get into the yacht's boat and let
them row him to the ship. He replied : " God forbid that
I should leave my men in the hour of danger !" At dawn,
and after Sultan and his followers had recited the appointed
prayer, he directed the crew to move the yacht close to the
enemy's boats, whereupon a fierce conflict ensued, the esh-
Shuaihiyyin hurling javelins and long arrows at him, which
he parried with his sword, roaring at them all the time like a
lion. Several of their men being killed they determined to
flee, at which juncture one of their number, the vilest of the
1 The " Shihiyyin" of the late Colonel Taylor, who describes them as
inhabiting five small towns situated on the eastern coast of Cape Musdn-
dim, or Riius-el-Jebel, from the extreme point of the promontory as far
as " the first pirate port of Ramse," namely, " Dar Sinni, Khasab, Jadi,
Julfar [once occupied by the Portuguese], and Boka. They are occu
pied by the stationary and more civilized part of the tribe, who are em
ployed in pearl fishing, in trade, and in agriculture .... The remainder of
the tribe gain a precarious livelihood by fishing in the small bays on the
coast, or in the islands at the head of the cape, or else in the character
of pastoral Arabs, wandering over the interior portion of this country,
which affords a scanty supply of burnt vegetation for their flocks...!he
male adults of the tribe are said to amount to 14,000. ' Bombay Go
vernment Selections, No. xxiv. p. 14.
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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 The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Bombay.
Author: Hamid ibn Muhammad ibn Ruzayq
Publication details: London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society
Physical Description: initial roman numeral pagination (i-cxxviii); with map.
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- '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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:128, 1:436, 1:8, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq xx Salil ibn Razik
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