"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." [‎١‎٠] (٦١٢/١٧١)

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the imams OP 'OMAN,
effected in this manner:—The learned elders of the people
of 'Oman assembled at Nezwa under the presidency of
Musa-bin-Abi-Jabir, el-Azkany, and they agreed to confer
the Imamate upon Muhammad-bin-'Affan. But among those
who had come together there were some chiefs who had
separate views ; so, fearing lest the occasion might prove a
source of discord among the Mussulmans, sheikh Musa said
first to one and then to another: We have appointed so-
and-so of such a village/' until he dismissed them all. After
their departure he proclaimed that Muhammad-bin-'Afiun
had been duly elected ; whereupon he wrote letters deposing
the malcontent chiefs from their authority, and sent
governors in their stead. Meanwhile, Muhammad-bin-
'Affan retained his post with the army, but his overbearing
conduct towards the Mussulmans, his mode of life, together
with his obstinacy, so alienated their hearts that they found
a pretext for removing him from his command at Nezwa,
and finally deposed him, after he had held office two years
and one month. They then met together again and elected
as Imam over the Mussulmans
EL-W ARITH-BIN-K A'AB,
el-Kharusy, 1 el-Yahmady, esh-Shary.
He restored the good of former times among the Mussul
mans, was upright in his administration, encouraging those
who adhered to the truth and restraining impiety and crime,
extortion and discord. Even before his elevation to the
Imamate he was admired for his excellent qualities both by
high and low, and was conspicuous for his integrity and
genius. We give the following as a few instances of his
benevolence and enterprise:—He caused the waste places
to be cultivated, and relieved those who were oppressed in
1 A gentilic cognomen from "el-Kharus." Wellsted, in his map of
'Oman, gives the name of " Wadi Beni Karus" to two adjoining districts
between er-Rastak, the inland capital, and the coast.