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Annals of 'Oman.
The Ima'm Abul-Hasan-bin 'Abd-el-Sela'm . Tlien Abul Hasan:
bin 'Abd-el-Selam reigned as Imam for less than a year, and was overthrown
by Suleiman-bin-Suleiman, who made war against him.
The Ima'm Moha'mmed-bin- Suleima'n was then set up once more,
and remained in power for a few days.
The Ima'm Mohammed-bin IsmaVl . The next Imam was Moham-
med-bin Isma'il el-Isma'ili, who resided in the quarter of Wadi el-Gharbiyeh
on the road which leads to the Mazar gate. 31 The cause of his being
chosen was that Suleiman-bin Suleiman assaulted a woman, who was
bathing at el-'Antak. The woman rushed out of the stream naked and fled
from him. Suleiman chased her as far as the Wadi, when they were
perceived by Mohammed-bin Isma'il, who seized Suleiman, threw him down,
and held him there until the woman had escaped into el-'Akr, when he let
him go his ways. The jNlusalmans were so pleased at this proof of his
strength to do right and oppose wickedness, that they elected him Imam in
the year 906 A, H. [A. D. 1500.]
He died on Thursday, nine days before the end of Showwal, A. H. 942 32
[A. D. 1535.] His son
The Ima'm Baeaka't-bin Mohammed-bin Ismail was installed on
the same day on which his father died.
On Saturday, ten days before the end of the month of Moharram,
A. H. 905 [A. D. 1557], Barakat evacuated the fort of Bahla, which was
forcibly seized by Mohammed-bin Jafir-bin 'All-bin Hilal. Previous to
tliis, however, in the year OGi A. H. [A. D. 1556], the powerful Sul
tan, Sultan-bin Mohsin-bin Suleiman-bin Nebhan had taken possession of
Aczvwi. Mohammed-bin Jafir continued to hold possession of the Fortress of
Bahla until the Al-'Omeyr bought it from him for three hundred laks. The
Al- Omeyr entered the i ort of Bahla on Tuesday, nine days before the end of
Jumadi el-A'khir, A. H. 967. [A. D. 1559.]
It seems probable that 'Omar-bin Kasim el-Fadheyli was Imam in the
tune of Barakat-bin Mohammed-bin Isma'il, but this is not certain.
The Ima'm 'Abdullah-bin Mohammed . On Friday, fifteen days
remaining of the month of Bejeb, A, H. 967 [A. D. 1559], the Imam 'Abdul-
lab-bin Mohammed el-Karan was'invested at Manh, and on Monday, two
days before the end of the same month, he entered the Fort of Bahla.
On Wednesday, three days before the end of the month of Ramadhan,
A. H. 969 [A. D. 1561], Barakat-bin Mohammed-bin Isma'il re-entered the
Fort of Bahla, which was vacated by 'Abdullah-bin Mohammed el-Karan. The
learned theologian Ahmed-bin Maddad denounced both Mohammed-bin
Isma il and his son Barakat. He says in his work—" The religion which
^ we profess, and in which we worship God, enjoins renunciation of Moham-
" med-bin Isma'il on account of his having forcibly levied zekat 33 from his