"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." [‎٥‎٠] (٦١٢/٢١١)

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the imams of oman.
'Omar-bin-Khattab^ for on his first accession lie had only held
the office one year when Suleiman-bin-Suleiman-bin-Muzhaf-
far, en-Nebhany, aided by the people of theWadi-Semail, rose
up against him and overthrew him and his army. Subse
quently, during the year 894, Muhammad-bin-Suleiman-bin-
Ahmed-bin-Mufarraj, the Kadhi above mentioned, appointed
him a second time. After him he set up
'OMAK-ESH-SHERIF,
who held the office one year, and confined himself to Behla.
Then the people of Nezwa appointed Suleiman-bin-Suleimfm
a second time, 1 and not long after they swore fealty to
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AHMED-BIN-MUHAMMAD,
es-raikhy,
on whose death allegiance was given to
ABU-^L-HASAN-BIN-'ABD-ES-SALAM,
who held the Imamate for less than a year, when Suleiman-
bin-Suleiman-bin-Muzhaffar rose up against him. He died
before actual hostilities took place, whereupon allegiance was
sworn to
MUHAMMAD-BIN-ISMA'IL,
owing to the following circumstances :—He resided on the
western side of the road leading to the Bab-en-Nizar, at
Azka. 2 Now it so happened that in the midst of his tyranny
and oppression, Suleiman-bin-Suleiman-bin-Muzhaffar, en-
Nebhany, was haunted by a voice bidding him to be on his
1 As this Suleiman was a Nebhany, his appointment shows that the
Benu-Nebhan still retained considerable influence in the country.
2 I take this to be Wellsted's " Zikki," about 20 miles to the east of
Nezwa. He describes it as " a village romantically situated in a hol
low, under some hills, in which also there are several towns. Travels
in Arabia, vol. i, p. 169.