'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.' [‎386] (547/612)

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APPENDIX B.
Iah-bin-Ibadh, et-Temimy. They arose during the Khali fate of
Marwan, the last of the Benu-Omeyyah."
Ibn-Batuta, who visited 'Oman, A.D. 1328, associates them
with the Khawarij by attributing to them the opinions of Ibn-
Muljam, the murderer of'Alv t 1 —"The inhabitants are schism
atics of the Ibadhiyah sect. They fall in with the opinions of the
base Ibn-Muljam, and say that he is the saint who shall put an
end to error. They allow the Califats of Abu Bekr and Omar,
but deny those of Othman and Ali. Their wives are most base,
yet without denying this, they express nothing like jealousy on
the subject." Lee's Translation, p. G2.
The Khawarij origin of the Ibadhiyah and the derivation of
their distinctive title from 'Abdallah-bin -Ibadh are clearly set
forth in these quotations.
Before entering into further details respecting the peculiar
doctrines of these sectaries, T shall adduce three or four extracts
from the writings of the very few European authors who have
noticed them :—
The judicious Niebuhr, whose narrative is a marvel of research,
considering that it was written upwards of a century ago, says :
" The inhabitants of 'Oman profess to belong to a sect called
Abddi or Bojasi, long well known to Arabian authors, but not
hitherto mentioned, to my knowledge, by any European tra
veller. The Sunnites as well as the Shiites call them Ghauci-
redsji, but this is a soubriquet, as odious in 'Oman as the name of
Itafecli to the Persians, and that of Ketzer (Heretics) to the
Germans. Abulfarage speaks of these Chauaredsji, and I have
no doubt they are the same that Sale and others style Kharejites.
Their principles, some of which I have quoted in my Description
de VArabic, pp. 18, 19, agree very much with those to whom
others have given the name of Kharejifcs, namely, they do not
1 The assassination of the Khalifah 'Aly-ibn-Abi-Talib, Mubaramad's
cousin and son-in-law, and the motives which actuated it, had such an
important bearing on the subsequent developments of Islam, that an
exhaustive paper on the subject, compiled from original sources—some
of them but little known in Europe—and transmitted to me from Cairo
by Mr. Frederick Ayrtnn, will, I am sure, be duly appreciated. It is given
in Appendix (\