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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.' [‎261] (422/612)

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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sa'id-bin-sultan.
201
slieikh of el-Hadd and Majid's messenger, he decided to
retain the other letters and to keep the news a secret for
the present. All he did was to direct his scribes to
write to the commandants of all his father's forts to be on
their guard. Then when he had taken satisfactory pre
cautions at Maskat and el-Matrah, he caused his fathers
death to be proclaimed, and sent all the letters to the
addressees. The intelligence caused such a wailing through
out the town that the hills were almost shaken by it. Then
Thuwainy and his brother Muhammad-bin-Said, and the two
sons of their uncle Salim, namely Muhammad and Hdmed,
and the rest of the Al-Bu-Said who were at Maskat, went
into mourning for three days. When the news arrived, the
Seyyid Turky was at Sohar, of which place his father Said
had made him Wali; but on the arrival of his brother Majid's
messenger with the letter conveying the intelligence, he also
went into mourning with his people for three days, and all
prayed to God for resignation, in accordance with the words
of the Most High: " Proclaim good tidings unto the patient,
who when a misfortune befalls them say: We are God's, and
to Him we shall surely return."
A Ray fkom the kesplendent Life op the
SEYYID SA'ID,
The Son op Sultan, Son op the Imam Ahmed-bin-Sa'id,
with a narrative op some op his glorious and
renowned achievements.
On the death of his father Sultan, (the manner of which
we have already described in his biography,) the Seyyid Said
his son assumed command over 'Oman, and sat on the throne
of the government. His preferment thereto over his brother
Salim-bin-Sultan was chiefly owing to the Seyyidah, the
(laughter of the Imam, 1 to which arrangement Salim was
1 That is, of the Imam Ahmed. In like manner, by " the son of the

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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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1 volume (435 pages)
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The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is an index to the principal names at the back of the volume.

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Dimensions: 210mm x 130mm

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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.' [‎261] (422/612), British Library: Printed Collections, Arab.D.490, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697837.0x000017> [accessed 2 April 2025]

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