'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.' [‎344] (505/612)

THE TMAMS OP OMAN.
started on tlio following morning for Siir, from whenco they
embarked for Bombay, and the Seyyid Said went back to
Maskat, taking with him eighty prisoners of the Benu-Abi-
'Aly. These he confined in the eastern battery, where they
died of starvation. Khadim died of his wounds on the road
from Siir ; as to his brother Muhammad-bin-'Aly and those
who had been taken away by the English in their ships,
when they reached India they were unbound and well cared
for, the wounded received the best professional treatment,
and all lived in great comfort at Bombay. 1
This year, a.h . 1236 [ a.d . 1820-1] a plague 2 broke out in
'Oman and proved fatal to a great many. This plague dif
fered from that which occurs at Constantinople, at Damascus,
Baghdad, and el-Basrah. It first attacks a man's abdomen,
and then matter is ejected from the mouth and the anus
until he dies. Some who are seized die at once ; others
after two or three days; and only a few survive. God
preserve us from so dire a disease ! Great numbers in
'Oman fell victims to it; it prevailed also in India, in Sind,
in Mekran, and in the countries of the English and French.
It also spread over Persia, and el-Kuwait, and el-Bahrein,
and ezh-Zhahirah, and the district of et-Tawwam, and car
ried off, God the Creator alone knows how many.
1 This expedition was under the command of Major-General Lionel
Smith. " The division arrived before the capital of the Beni Boo Ali
tribe on the 2ud of March, 1821, and after repulsing a very sharp
attack of the enemy on the right brigade (consisting of four hundred of
H.M.'s 65th regiment, and three hundred of the 1st battalion, 7th regi
ment, N.I., under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Warren), took
possession of the whole fortified position the same evening. The sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
on this occasion suffered severely, but the enemy lost upwards of five
hundred killed and wounded, while nearly all the remainder, together
with their two chiefs, were taken prisoners. After blowing up the
works and defences, the forces returned to Soor, and re-embarked for
India taking a number of prisoners with them. On this occasion his
Highness the Imaum [the Seyyid Sa'id] cut down the date-groves, and
turned the watercourses of Balad Beni Boo Ali." Bombay Government
Selections, No. xxiv pp. 190-1. 2 The Asiatic cholera.