'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.' [‎328] (489/612)

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the imams of 'oman.
money and other property in the tent." Such is 'Aly-bin-
Ilashid's narrative of the occurrence. The retreating party
were then joined by their comrades who were plundering
the villages of the el-Hajariyyin. Twelve Wahhabis besides
Miltlak were slain in this encounter; the el-Hajari yyin lost
eighteen men killed. The Wahhfibis fled during the early
morning, and at dawn the following day they reached el-
Ghabby. On their arrival they found that Muhammad-bin-
Khasif, el-Kutby, had assaulted the place, but had been
killed, with three of his men. After remaining a few days
at el-Bereimy, Battal went to 'Abdu-'l-'Aziz, whom he found
at Riyadh, and who on learning what had befallen Mutlak
sent Ibn-Mazrua to supply his place.
Now, ^Azzan-bin-Kais had started on the Hijj, and on his
way back fell ill at Mokha with orchitis. A doctor who was
called in to prescribe for him declared that no treatment
would be effectual unless he first underwent an operation to
allow the collected matter to escape. He submitted to that,
but died two days after the incision was made, and was
buried at Mokha. Before his departure on the Hijj he had
placed Salim-bin-Said, Al-Bu-Saidy, over Sohar, directing
him to obey the Seyyid Said-bin-Sultan, and in the event
of his death during the journey to make over the fort to
him.
When Ibn-Mazrua reached el-Bereimy he collected a large
number of the Arabs of that place with the intention of
marching against el-Bediyyah. 1 On hearing of this the Seyyid
Said went to the esh-Sharkiyyah and raised levies from the
Al-Wahibah, the el-Hajariyyin, the pe'ople of el-Habus, and
1 Wellsted's " Bedi'ah," in the district of Ja'aUn, which he describes
as " a collection of seven hamlets, situated in as many oases, each con
taining from two to three hundred houses...One striking feature in the
appearance of these towns is their low situation. They are erected in
artificial hollows, which have been excavated to the depth of six or
eight feet, and the soil thus removed is left in hillocks around their
margins." Travels in Arabia, vol. i. p. 91.