'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.' [‎322] (483/612)

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THE IMAMS OP 'OMAN.
Meanwhile, Mutlak's inroads upon Sohar increased, as
did also the outrages of Muharnmad-bin-Ahmed, et-Tinjy,
at Shinas, the fort of which had fallen into his hands. He
used to put to death from ten to twenty every day, making
no distinction between those who obeyed and those who dis
obeyed him, slaughtering them like sheep, and seizing their
property. The Seyyid Said accordingly requested the aid
of the English, who came with a considerable force on board
of large ships, and the Seyyid joining them the combined
forces surrounded the castle of Shinas. (His brother fealim
and ^Azzan-bin-Kais were with the Seyyid on the occasion.)
When the English opened fire upon the fort, Muhammad-
bin-Ahmed started for el-Bereimy to ask Mutlak-el-Mutairy
to come to his assistance against the English and the Seyyid
Said. Mutlak's reply was : You return at once and I will
follow hard upon your footsteps." So Muhammad-bin-
Ahmed returned towards Shinas with a large body of Wah-
habis.
When he was two furlongs from Shinas night came on,
and he could not approach his fort, owing to the large num
ber of soldiers that surrounded it. That same night he died
suddenly, whereupon his followers returned to el-Bereimy.
were directed against Ras-ool-Khyma. The attack commenced by a
bombardment during the 12th of November, 1809. On the following
day, the Joasmees were vigorously attacked by sea and land: after a
bloody but ineffectual resistance they were driven into the interior of
the country. The town, with the vessels in port, amounting to up
wards of fifty, with the English prize, the Minerva, were burnt." Bom-
hay Government Selections, No. xxiv. p. 305-6. Ihe only discrepancy
between the English and native account of this expedition is in the
name of the place attacked, the former calling it Ras-el-Khaimah, and
the latter Julfar. The name of Julfar has disappeared from all our
maps and charts. Relying on a passage from the late Colonel Taylor's
u Brief Notes" {Bombay Government Selections, No, xxiv. p. 1-1), I have
in a note to page 4 located it a little below Khasab, not far from Cape
Musfoidim, on the western side of the promontory of Riius-el-Jebel;
but from the above account I am inclined to believe that it is repre
sented by the modern Ras-el-Khaimah.