'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.' [‎419] (580/612)

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Dean Vincent has shown unmistakeably that el-Kishm is the
Ouroetha of Nearehus,—corresponding with the Woroctha of
1 tolemy, the Oracla of Pliny, and the Doracta of Strabo,—and
Imds :n Brock or Vroct, the name given to the island by Texeira,
the more ancient native designation. 1 "Ibn-Kawan," or, as Ibn-
Haukal writes it, "the Island of the Benu-Kawan," was probably
the name given to it by the Arabs on their first settlement there,
i rom a passage in el-Beladzory it appears to have been the island
where the Muslims from the province of el-Bahrein first landed
when they contemplated the invasion of Fars. 2
Among the more modern names of the island are Jezirat-Diraz
and Jezirat-et-Tawilah, the Persian and Arabic respectively for
Long Island. The designation "el-Kishm," as I have stated in
note 3, p. iv, is vocalized "el-Kasum" by the anther of this work,
and I take the vnlgar "el-Kishm" to be a corruption of that
word, which signifies Beauty. Some writers are of opinion that
Kishmish, the Persian name for a small seedless raisin, owes its
origin to el-Kishm. Persian scholars must decide whether the
derivative, so formed and applied, is in accordance with the
grammatical rules of that lano-uace.
O O
It is a remarkable circumstance that so many of the ancient
names of places in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. have been superseded by
others, many of which are utterly unlike the original either in
1 Com. and Nav. of the Ancients, vol. i. p. 351-2.
2 The passage is as follows " When el-'Ala-ibn-el-Hadbramy was
agent over el-Babrein for [the Khalifah] 'Omar-bin-el-Khattah, he sent
Harthamah-bin-'Arfajab, el-Barikhy, an Azdite, who took possession of
an island in the sea near to Faris. 'Omar then wrote to el 'Ala, sending
LTtbab-bin-Farkad, es-Salmy, to cooperate with him. Afterwards, wben
'Omar made 'Othman-bin-Abi-'l-Asy, eth-Tbakafy, governor over el-
Babrein and 'Oman,—which places be subdued, reducing the iubabitants
to obedience,—he sent bis brother el Hakm-bin-Abi-'l Asy by sea to Faris
with a large army, composed of the 'Abd-el-Kais, tbe el-Azd, Temirn, tbe
Benu-Najiyab, and others, and he captured tbe island of Abr-Kawan."
The historian then goes on to mention the names of tbe places upon tbe
coast which were subsequently captured, among which is Siraf. The
learned editor in a foot-note remarks that el-Yakut writes the word
" Bar- [or Barr-] Kawan," adding, "vulgo Beni-Kawan;" and then "al-
terum nomen insula est Lafit," the modern Laft. FuWi-el-Bulddn, ed.
De Goeje, pp. 386-391.