'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.' [‎321] (482/612)

sa'id-bin-sultan. 321
which the Seyyid consented; but when Hdsan-bin-Rahmah,
Sultan s uncle, heard thereof, he reported the circumstance
to Suud-bin- Abdu-'l-'Aziz; whereupon the latter summoned
Sultan-bin-Sdkar to his presence. On starting, he made
over Daba and the tower at Fakkan to the Seyyid Said,
and on reaching Suiid that chief had him bound for a few
days and then released him, on receiving a solemn promise
from him that he would cooperate with any force he might
send to ravage esh-Sham and el-^Irak.
-N ow, the piracies of Hasan-bin-Rahmah had gone on in
creasing : he had killed many of the Seyyid Said^s subjects
and also of the English, and had seized many vessels be
longing to 'Oman and India. These outrages continuing,
the English prepared many ships, full of men, stores, and
arms, to attack him, and the Seyyid Said joined them with
a number of large and small vessels. They proceeded to
Julfar, which they invested. Now Hasan-bin-Rahmah had
built in its centre a strong stone fort, upon which the
English began to fire both from sea and land. One night
Hasan-bin-Rahmah's people sallied out and reached the
British camp, which was situated near the fort they were
besieging, but the besiegers opened fire upon them from
their guns and muskets, and obliged the assailants to retire.
On the following morning the English opened a fiercer
fire upon the castle, and, succeeding in making a breach in
it, they rushed in, drove away the garrison, who fled as far
as el-Fahlain, and then plundered the houses, burnt the
shipping, carried away a large booty from Julfar, took Ibra
him-[Hasan ?]bin-Rahmah and his principal men prisoners,
and fired the country. Hasan-bin-Rahmah died in the
prison of the English. 1
1 I rged on by the Wahhiibis, the Kawasim (Joasmees) under llasan-
bin-Rdhmah had extended their piracies to the coast of Western India.
i determined to suppress these outrages, and also to relieve the Seyyid
Sa id from the power of the AVahhabis, the British Government ordered
•in expedition to proceed to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . 41 Their first operations
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