"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." [‎٢] (٦١٢/١٦٣)

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THE IMAMS OP 'OMAN.
ceeded to the sovereignty that an attempt was made to
reduce it to subjection. It took place on tins wise :—
'Abdu-'l-M&lik had appointed el -Hajjaj -bin-Ynsuf, eth-Tha-
kify, 1 governor over 'Irak. According to concurrent testi
mony, Suleiman and Said, the sons of 'Abbad-bin-el-Ju-
landa, 2 of the lineage of its Sultans, at that time ruled over
'Oman. El-Hajjaj was the first to send troops against them
under successive commanders, but they were generally re
pulsed with the loss of their baggage. At length he was
advised to dispatch an expedition under the command of
el -Kasim -bin-Sh'iwah, el-Maziny, who embarked a large
force in ships, and, on reaching the coast of 'Oman, anchored
near the village of Hatat. 3 Suleiman-bin- 5 Abbad attacked
him at the head of the Azdites, and after a fierce encountoi
the invaders were routed, el-Kasim and a number of his
men were slain, and their equipage fell into the hands of the
victors. Some state that none escaped ; but God knows.
On hearing of this defeat, el-Hajjaj was greatly alarmed,
and forthwith sent for Mujjaah -bin-Sh'iwah, 1 el-Kasim s
brother, and ordered him to stir up the people to vengeance,
1 El-Hajjaj, who flourished during the Khalifates of 'Abdu-'l-Malik
and his son cl-Walid, was the most eloquent and warlike captain of the
age. Several Arabian authors allege that religious fanaticism and a
love of glory were not the only motives which actuated him, but that
having little confidence in the permanency of the Omeyyah dynasty he
sought to provide a suitable asylum for himself. He successively reduced
Bokhara, Khuwarizm, and Kashgar. Another army sent by him crossed
Sejistan and Mekran, and reached the lower Indus. He died a.h . 95.
2 Most probably the grandsons of 'Abd-el-Julanda, one of the two
brothers who ruled over 'Oman during the time of Muhammad. See
Introduction.
3 A "Wadi-Hatat" is mentioned in the sequel as leading to Semail
from Maskat; hence it is probable that the abovenamed village was not
far from that town.
4 This Mujja'ah, whom Beladzory calls " bin-Si'ir," was subsequently
appointed governor of el-Mukran (Mekran) and the neighbouring terri
tories, under el-Hajjaj. Although he died a year after, an Arabian poet
says of him; There is no monument in el-Mukran which does not recall and
adorn the memory of Mujja'ah. Futtih-el-Bulddn, p. 435. Lugd. 18G6.