"تاريخ أئمة وأسياد عُمان بقلم سليل ابن رزيق، من ٦٦١-١٨٥٦ م، مترجم من الأصل العربي، ومُحرّر بملاحظات وملاحق ومقدمة تواصل التاريخ حتى سنة ١٨٧٠، بقلم جورج بيرسي بادجر، عضو في الجمعية الجغرافية الملكية والقس الراحل في رئاسة بومباي." [‎٧‎٤] (٦١٢/١٠٧)

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mad-bin-Nasir, he started in quest of Mutlak-el-Mutairy,
and overtook him on the borders of the Benu-Yas territory,
on his way to Nejd. By dint of remonstrances, and the
offer of a large bribe, he induced the Wahhaby commander
to accompany him back to his fort at Azka, (p. 297), where,
through MutlaVs influence, he was joined by a considerable
number of men from the tribes of ezh -Zhahirah and esh-
Shamal, and marching out from thence they fell upon the
Persians and Arabs under the Seyyid Salim and utterly
routed them. Following up this advantage, the victors laid
waste the Wadi of the Benu-Ruwahah, and on his return to
el-Bereimy, Mutlak conferred upon Muhammad the district
of Semed-el-Kindy, near Nezwa.
At el-Bereimy, Mutlak found Turky and Faisal, the sons
of Suud, 1 the Wahhaby Amir, who had come thither with a
band of followers from el-Hasa and el-Kasim, without their
fathers permission. Mutlak having surrendered his com
mand to them they commenced levying the adjacent tribes,
and attacked the el-Khadhra, but were repulsed with loss.
On hearing of this check, Mutlak rejoined them, and having
summoned the Benu-Naim and Kutb jo his standard, and
called upon Muhammad-bin-Nasir to join him without delay,
he marched down towards the coast. At Qarkah lie encoun
tered the Seyyid Salim and his Persian cavalry, and a de
sultory engagement followed, which lasted for three days,
without any decisive advantage to either side. Massing on
ward, the Wahhabis and their confederates plundered el-
Matrah and Arbak, and, masking Maskat, forced their way
over the mountains as far as Sur and Ras -el-Hadd, razing
the towers, ravaging the country, burning the shipping, and
levying large sums of money from the inhabitants. The
raid over, Miitlak-el-Mutairy returned to el-Bereimy.
We now come to the first instance of British armed inter
vention, in conjunction with the Seyyid Said, in the affairs
1 See p. 318, and note 3, p. 345.