"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." [‎٢‎٩‎٠] (٦١٢/٤٥١)

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hirah." Bedr agreed, and wrote accordingly, summoning
the esh-Sharkiyyali to come to him immediately. He also
wrote to 'Aly-bin-Hilal-bin-el-Imam [Ahmed] to join him
with all his men. (At this time 'Aly was not on good terms
with Kais and wholly devoted to Bedr.) On the arrival of
the tribes he ordered them to encamp in the open plain.
Then he was joined by Muhammad-bin-Nasir, el-Jabry, with
the two sheiks of the Nizariyyah of the Wadi-Sematl, namely,
Sirhan-bin-Suleiman, el-Jabiry, and Najlm-bin-^Abdallah,
es-Seyyaby, with seven hundred men, accompanied by Malik-
bin-Seif, el-Yaaruby, with one hundred of the people of Nakhl;
these were encamped at Nuaman. After they had been
there three days the Seyyid Said said to Bedr: "Muhammad-
bin-Nasir has come to us and we have not yet been to greet
him. This is not as it should be, for he has answered our
appeal and hastened to our assistance." Bedr approving of
the suggestion, he and Said started with their respective
escorts, ten men in all. When they reached Nuaman,
Muhammad-bin-Nasir and his force alighted, and after they
had pressed hands Said and Bedr entered the fort, attended
by Khalfan-bin-Muhaisan and his retinue of the el-Jibur.
In the mean time Muhammad-bin-Nasir and his men seated
themselves close by, Muhammad giving orders that no one
should be allowed to approach the fort until the two Seyyids
and their attendants came forth.
After Said and Bedr, and those who were with them, had
been seated in the fort for some time, the subject of swords
and daggers was discussed, during which Khalfan-bin-Mu
haisan, the Mania of the el-Jibur, drew the dagger of Bedr-
bin-Seif from its sheath in a jocose way, whereupon Said
drew his sword and commenced threatening to strike him,
as if in fun. Suddenly, however, ho stood up and struck
Bedr with it, the blow breaking the bone of his arm. Bedr
fled forthwith and threw himself from a window of the fort
to the ground, exclaiming, " Help, O men !" The men