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Notes to Booh Third.
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have also usually been temporal rulers in 'Oman. They were styled u Imam of the
Musalmans," not " Imam of 'Oman." It is to be noted that it is not considered indispens
able by the Ibadlns to have an Imam at all. An account of the sect is given by Mr.
Badger in his work "Imams and Seyyids of 'Oman." The " Keshful-Ghununeh" also
supplies some information about it, which has been submitted to Government in a pre
vious paper, regarding which vide Proceedings, Asiatic Society of Bengal, for January,
1873, pp. 2 to 10. In the same work may be found some of the correspondence of 'Abdul
lah-bin Ibadh.
12 (p. 12.) The first of the Imams probably.
13 (p. 12.) Musalmans, i. e. Ibadhis.
14 (p. 13.) You are my Imam, go before (amam) me.
15 (p. 14.) For meaning of el-Sharf, see Note 13 to Book III.
16 (p. 14.) Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatta is a valley north-west of Sohar.
11 (p. 15.) Bowarih. According to Mr. Badger, " Bowarij," or war-vessels.
18 (p. 15.) Eastern districts, or el-Sharkfyeh. Similarly, the western part of 'Oman
is occasionally distinguished as el-Gharbiyeh," or el-Gharb." The divisions of the whole
Province commonly used by the people of 'Oman are, 1, " 'Oman proper," limited to the
central region. 2, " el-SJuirkviieh,'' eastern districts, including Ja'ldn. 3, el-Bdlineh, the
plain situated between the mountains and the sea north of Maskat. 4, JEl-Dhdhireh
including el-Jow, the tract beyond the hills extending from 'Oman to el-Bereymi. 5, el-
Shemdl, the north and west. 6, lastly there are the hill tracts and Wadls not comprised
in any of the preceding divisions. The former between el-Batineh and el-Dhahireh are
called in plural el-hujur, sing. hejer-el-Batineh, hejer-el-Dhahireh. Each Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. has its
distinctive name, sometimes taken from the tribe inhabiting it.
19 (p. 16.) Accordingly his reign commenced A. D. 808.
20 (p. 17.) He retained the spiritual office whilst deprived of the temporal power.
2 i (p. 17.) Mahrah appears from this to have acknowledged the Imam Muhenna,
but the authority of the 'Oman rulers over that district must have been very precarious.
22 (p. 19.) Park is a village a few miles south of Nezwa.
Notes to Book III.
1 (p. 20.) Izki, or Azka, now vulgarly named Zikki.
2 (p. 20.) El-Nizar. At Zikki there are two resident families or tribes representing
the great rival branches. These families are still called Yemen and Nizar. The attack
here described would at the present day be called an attack by the Ghafirfs upon the
Hinawfs.
3 (p. 20.) El-Madhariyeh, a term synonymous with Nizariyeh, being derived from
Madhar-bin Nizar-bin Ma'ad-bin 'Adnan.
4 (p. 20.) El-Haddan. That is in the mountains between el-Batiueh and el-
Dhahireh.
5 (p. 20 ) El-Jow. The district about the modern el-Bereynu.
6 (p. 20.) Sohar was and still is one of the towns where the Imam could perform
Friday's divine service.
7 (p. 21.) Benu-Hinah. The name of this clan became celebrated in 'Oman, and
gave its name to the whole Yemenite party in later times. Badger refers the origin of
this tribe to Hana or Hina-bin 'Amr-bin el-Ghauth-bin Tai-bin 'Odad, a descendant of
Kahlan. According to this genealogy, the Benu Hinah, though Kahtanite and Yemenite,
were not of the Azdite stock. I am inclined to think the forefather of the Hinai tribe of