"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." [‎٣‎٨‎٣] (٦١٢/٥٤٤)

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public prayers of the mosque. This was done on Friday, the
Muslims day of solemn assembly, and repeated every succeeding
I* riday during his Imamate. If several days intervened between
his election and Friday, he proceeded at once to exercise the
other prerogatives of sovereignty. He either confirmed in their
appointments the district-collectors, governors of towns and
commandants of the forts throughout the country, or replaced
them by nominees of his own. 1 The Collectors received on his
behalf the Sadalcdt and Zaldt, (see notes, pp. 31, 28, 124), and
other proceeds to which his twofold office entitled him. These latter
consisted of charitable bequests and pious endowments, derelict
property, property to which there was no legal heir, and the
rental from land or houses which had fallen to the State from
those sources, and which together formed the Beit-el-Mdl, or
Treasury, (see note, p. 46). This was at the Imam's absolute
disposal, theoretically for carrying on "holy wars" and for the
defence of Islam, which included the maintenance of the forts,
garrisons, and shipping; also for building mosques and the sup
port of the poor. He also received the custom-dues at the dif
ferent ports of the province, 2 which are levied on imports only,
—an income of comparatively recent growth, for it was not until
after the expulsion of the Portuguese, about a.d. 1G51, that the
'Omanis exercised any jurisdiction over the coast. It is useless
to speculate how this additional revenue would have been dis
posed of under the old system, which has gone into desuetude,
and now the receipts from all sources are practically amalga
mated, and the gross amount applied, at the will of the sove
reign, to the general purposes of the administration, including
the civil list and the support of the ruling family, most of the
members of which, however, have towns or districts assigned to
them in appanage, besides having private resources of their own. 3
1 The forts, fortresses, and castles are regarded as public property:
they are subject to the authority and are garrisoned and maintained by
the Imam. The Hujrahs (see note, p. 20) belong to the tribe or people
where they are located. Over these the Imam has no control.
2 The rulers of 'Oman of late years have generally farmed these dues.
They are mostly bought by Banians.
3 This custom, which dates from the period when eligibility to the