"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." [‎٢‎٠‎١] (٦١٢/٣٦٢)

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of Maskat and el-Matrah came to pay their respects; Khalfan
and all his sons also came and saluted the Imam Said and
his son Hamed, which the latter returned courteously.
When they were seated, however, Hamed said to Muham-
mad-bin-Khalfan : "We have deposed you from the gover
norship, but we forgive your past misdeeds and your crimes
against us, and we give you our assurance of protection."
Thereupon both parties covenanted to be faithful to each
other, and Muhammad-bin-Khalfan and his brothers returned
home with their father. Subsequently, Hamed sent for
Suleiman-bin-Khalfan and appointed him Wali of Maskat in
his brother's place. The Imam Said only remained three
days longer at Maskat and then went back to er-Eastak,
which thereafter he made his principal residence, always
returning thither from any trips which he made in ^Oman;
but the administration of affairs was now wholly in the hands
of his son Hdmed.
Such is the account of the transfer of the government of
Oman from the Imam Said to his son
HAMED-BIN-EL-IMAM-SA'ID,
btn-el-lmam-ahmed-bin-sa^id,
el-bu-sa'idy.
When Hamed had taken possession of Maskat from
Muhammad-bin-Khalfan, and his father Said had made over
to him all the forts of 'Oman which were under his authority,
all the notables of 'Oman paid their respects to him. He,
on his part, treated them with great courtesy, and adminis
tered the government with uprightness and justice. The
tribes held him in great awe, and God prospered him in all
his undertakings. He patronized men of learning and piety,
and abolished tyranny and oppression. Among the number
of his intimate friends were the learned and devout sheikh,
the Kadhi Mubarak-bin-'Abdallah, en-Nezawy; the sheikh
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