"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." [‎١‎٣‎٦] (٦١٢/٢٩٧)

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the imams of 'oman.
and neither were we aware that he had been at Maskat until
you told us." He then directed them to search for him as
for a serpent, and they accordingly dispersed themselves in
every direction to discover him, but in vain. He then
ordered them to be bound and beaten. At length some per
sons told him that they had seen Ahmed and my grandfather
Kazik conversing together in the Wadi. Thereupon he
dispatched camel-men and horsemen after him, but they
returned without having found any trace of him. Convinced
now that he had effected his escape he sent for my grand
father Razik, and said to him: " What induced you to act
in this manner ; for it is through you that Ahmed-bin-Said
went away ? Whither did he go after you cautioned him ?
what did you tell him and he you when you met ? for it has
been proved to me that you saw him and that your warn
ings hurried him off. I disclosed to you all that was in my
heart respecting him, and you have violated my confidence
and disobeyed my orders." Thereupon my grandfather
began to asseverate that he had neither seen Ahmed nor
put him on his guard, nor divulged one of the Imam's
secrets, nor broken one of his orders, declaring that whoso
ever had reported the contrary was a liar, and winding up
by saying to the Imam : " Calm your anger and be like
yourself, for your disposition is gentle, not harsh." The
Imam asked again in a rage: "Is not what I say true ?" He
then ordered my grandfather to be bound and imprisoned
and kept him in prison three months before he released
him. He also wrote another letter to Ahmed-bin-Said or
dering him to come to him speedily; but Ahmed declined
on various excuses which were fully set forth in his reply.
When the Imam Seif-bin-Sultan perceived that Ahmed
was on his guard, he sent him a threatening letter in which,
among other menaces, he said : If you do not come to us
we will come to you." He accordingly fittt d out four large
ships which he filled with men and warlike stores. On