"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." [‎٥‎٦] (٦١٢/٢١٧)

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the imams op 'oman.
placed the government in his hands ; so, leaving some of his
principal men in the fort, he went forward with the rest to
Nezwa. On his arrival the inhabitants readily submitted to
him, and taking up his abode in the mansion-house of el-
'Akr he assumed the supreme authority. After he had been
there some time, the people, moved by envy and self-interest,
took counsel with the Benu-Abi-Said, then the most promi
nent men of el-'Akr, and it was agreed that he should be
expelled on his way to the mosque on Friday morning.
Having been informed of this design by his friends, and after
ascertaining its truth, he ordered all the conspirators to be
driven out of the district, but forbade their being treated
with violence. They accordingly dispersed themselves over
the country, some going to Mani'-bin-Sinan, el-'Omairy.
Now Mani' had covenanted with the Imam to be loyal to
him, but by receiving these men he obviously broke faith
with him. Some of them also joined Seif-bin-Muhammad,
el-Hinay, who at that time held the fort of Behla, and he
headed them against the Imam, and a fierce war raged be
tween the two parties. Whilst the war was in progress the
Imam ordered the fort which es-Salt-bin-Malik had erected
to be rebuilt. On its completion the principal inhabitants
of Manh came to invite him to assume jurisdiction over them,
and on his arrival there they surrendered the fort to him,
and after setting up his authority he returned to Nezwa.
Next, the people of Semed-esh-Shan came to him with a
similar request. The place at that time was held by 'Aly-
bin-Katan, el-Hilaly. The Imam accordingly sent a large
force against it under the sheikh, the Fakih Mas^ud-bin-
Ramadhan, who captured the fort in spite of all opposition,
and the people surrendered to him. On the subsequent
arrival of the Im^m they swore allegiance to him, and he
assumed the supreme power.
Next the people of Ibra came to him on a similar errand.
Ibra was then held by Muhammad-bin. Jufair-bin-Jabr. The