"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." [‎١‎٠‎٦] (٦١٢/٢٦٧)

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the imams of ^oman.
chiefs of Nezwa to come to him, and having collected to
gether many of the principal men he lavished attentions
upon them and directed them to do homage to Seif-bin-
Sultan. He then mustered a large army and placed it
under the command of his brother, Suleiman.bin-Nasir,
whom he ordered to lie in ambush on the road to the Wadi-
Semail for Yaarub, while on his way to er-Rastak. He
further directed the people of Nezwa to join the army, but
they having entreated the chiefs of er-Rastak to that effect
he exempted them. The army then marched as far as the
village of Fark, where they passed the night, and the people
of Nezwa invited them to a feast. While so engaged they
heard the report of guns from the castle of Nezwa, and on
inquiring what it meant they were told that Yaarub-bin-
Belarab had entered the castle ; so they returned to Azka.
Belarab-bin-Nasir had also dispatched a troop against
Yaarub by the route to ezh-Zhahirah, but when they reached
Behla the people there seized them. Another troop was or
dered to proceed to the Wadi of the Benu-Ghafir and to
attack that tribe, but they were repulsed, and those who
escaped returned to er-Rastak. Yaarub, on the other hand,
sent a troop to Azka, with two guns. On reaching it they
attacked the fort, but were obliged to retreat with the loss
of several men. Then he sent another troop to Azka, which
took up a position in the garden called el-Gharibat, from
whence they cannonaded the fort for ten successive days.
At this juncture Malik-bin-Nasir 1 came to Azka, and he and
his followers being joined by the inhabitants of the place
they attacked the troops of Yaarub, but were defeated, and
the Bedu who acted with Yaarub fell on Saddy and Haret-
er-Raha, belonging to Azka, and plundered them ; they
also burnt the sugar-factories and the residence of Himyar-
bin-Munir. Another troop was dispatched by Yaarub
against el-Yamn, of Azka, but they were repulsed. Muham-
1 Apparently brother to Bel'arab-bin-N&sir.