'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.' [‎342] (503/612)

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THE IMAMS OF OMAN.
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arrival at that place. He was much depressed at the time
owing 1 to the illness of his brother Salim, who was suffering'
from an attack of paralysis. He encamped with his followers
on one side of the English, who by that time had landed all
their stores and warlike implements, and had picketed their
horses near their tents, taking the greatest precautions in
all their movements. Two days after the Seyyid's arrival,
however, they were attacked at night by about one thou
sand of the confederates of Muhammad-bin-'Aly, under the
command of his brother Khadim-bin-'Aly, all mounted on
swift dromedaries. They penetrated as far as the tent-
ropes of the English encampment, and succeeded in killing
several of their men, after which they retired, and reached
their own quarters on the following morning.
Just as the Seyyid was about to march to Jaalan with the
English, he received intelligence of the death of his brother
Salim-bin-Sultan, which greatly distressed him. 1 He accord-
ingly remained three days longer at Sur to mourn for him.
(On this occasion ho confirmed his uncle Talib in his position.
r l alib at that time held the fort of er-Rastak, which he had
taken from Ahmed, the son of the Imam Said, after his
father's death,- in this manner; Talib had built a high house
1 By the death of his elder brother Salim, the Seyyid Sa'id was the
only surviving son of the Seyyid Snltan-bin-el-Iinam-Ahmed, his other
son Hamed having been killed in the expedition to el-Bahrein ; see
p. 336.
2 As the Im^m Sa'id-bin-Ahmed was living in 1811 (see note p. 323
and p. 325), he must have died between that time and 1821, the date
of this second expedition against the Benu-Abi-'Aly. It appears from
the foregoing account that, on his death, his eldest son Ahmed (erro
neously called Ilamed at p. 2-41) succeeded to the government of er-
Kastuk, but was treacherously dispossessed by his uncle Talib, the sixth
son of the Imam Ahmed, the first of the Al-Bu-Sa'id dynasty.
Although the Im&mate had become vacant by the death of the Imam
Sa id, no attempt appears to have been made to appoint a successor to
that dignity. His nephew Sa'id-bin-Sultan, who had been regent and
virtually the sovereign of 'Oman, in succession to his father Sultan,
since 1801, still continued to be designated " Seyyid."
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