"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." [‎٢‎٠‎٠] (٦١٢/٣٦١)

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he followed until he saw him enter the Eastern fort, which
convinced him that he had not mistaken the man. He ac
cordingly repaired to his fathers house, and on meeting his
father and brother told them all that had occurred, and as
sured them that the individual he saw was Hamed. " Lay
aside all such speeches," said his brother Muhammad; " for
Hamed is my friend and I am in all his secrets." Majid re
plied : " If you doubt my word, come with me to the Naw-
wab's house, and if we find Hamed and his followers there
I will confess myself in the wrong; but if we do not find
them there, know that I am right." They accordingly took
one hundred men and repaired to the NawwaVs house, which
they found occupied by the furniture and domestic utensils
only. This convinced Muhammad that all Hdmed^s dealings
with him were so many manoeuvres on his part; and, further,
that they had been successful. At dawn the following day
Muhammad assembled all his slaves and soldiers and
marched with them to the Eastern fort, but on their ap
proach they were assailed with musketry and cannon. He
then proceeded towards the Western fort, but when they
reached the Karhhanah, Hamed and Mas^ud's followers
opened fire upon them with muskets. Muhammad thereupon
returned to his house and gave up all hope of retaining
Maskat and its fortifications.
As to Hamed, on his return from the Western to the
Eastern fort, he wrote at once to his father Said requesting
him to join him without delay. Said accordingly levied a
strong force from er-Rastak and other places and hastened
to Maskat. On his arrival there he put up on the Island and
sent for his son to come to him. As soon as the messenger
reached him, Hamed ordered a salute to be fired from all the
guns, and all the flags to be hoisted, and the report of the
cannon from the forts, walls, and ships resounded on all
sides. When Hamed met his father they clasped hands and
he gave him all the news. Then the merchants and notables