'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.' [‎370] (531/612)

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THE IMAMS OV 'OMAN.
viously held, and to give up all the property which they had
seized from the late sheikh Seif-bin-Nebhan. The war was
thus brought to an end by the Seyyid Said getting back
from the Persians all the posts for his son, Thuwainy-bin-
Said. 1 Then when the commotions in 'Oman had been
quieted, and those places in Persia and elsewhere which
were under the government of the Seyyid Said were tran
quillized, the Seyyid himself hastened to Zanzibar; but the
decree of fate overtook him, as we have already narrated, in
the sea of the Seychelles. 2 His life and actions were the
theme of many poems.
Here ends, by the aid of God, the glorious biography of
the Al-Bu-Said, to which is prefixed the lives of the Sove
reigns of'Oman, the work of the unique among the eloquent,
the preeminent among orators, the pious, devout and irre
proachable Hamid -bin -Muhammad -bin-Razik-bin-Bakhit, of
the progeny of Said-bin-Ghassan by descent, an 'Ibadhy by
religion, and a native of the town of Nakhl. It was finished
on Wednesday, the 24th of Rabia-el-Akhir, a.h . 12 74, [12th
December, 1857], for the glorious, the excellent, the benevo
lent, the pious, the gentle Hamed -bin -Salim -bin-Sultan-bin-
el-Imam-Ahmed-bin-Said, el -Al -Bu-Saidy, el-'Omany, el-
Ibadhy. In conclusion, the author says: I beseech all my pious
and generous brethren, if they should detect in the said bio
graphy, or in me, any defect or error, that they will cover the
blot with the straightforward hand of sincerity, and not
probe it as a surgeon does a wound; for the ©nly narrative
which is above criticism is that related in the words of him
1 The misunderstanding between the Persians and the Seyyid Sa'id's
officials at Bunder-el-'Abbas arose in 1855. Hostilities were carried on
between the two parties with varying success, but the Seyyid Sa'id was
eventually obliged to accept the terms proposed by the government of
the Shah. Some further details of this affair will be found towards the
end of the Introduction. 2 See p. 259.