"سجلات تاريخ عُمان" [‎٦‎١] (١١٢/٧٨)

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reaching Balila, the people of that place seized and imprisoned them there.
A third party, which was sent to Wadi Beni-Ghafir, was defeated and
retired to el-Rostak.
Ya'rab, on the other hand, sent a detachment with two gnns against
Izki. When they arrived before the place, they opened fire on the Fort,
but were worsted and retired to Nezwa after losing several men. He then
sent another force against Izki. They halted for a day on the west side of
the town, and the following morning saw them in retreat on Nezwa without
having struck a blow. A third force, also, was sent which occupied the
western side of Izki, and bombarded the Fort with cannon for about ten
days, after which Malik-bin Nasir arrived at Izki from el-Rostak, and,
having been joined by the garrison, made a sortie on Ya'rab's troops, but
was repulsed. The Bedouins of Ya'rab's army attacked and plundered Sudda
and the quarter named el-Rahha of Izki, and burned the abode of Himyer-
bin Manir outside el-Rahha. The leaders of Ya'rab's force next attacked
el-Yemen tribe, but were defeated, and one of the commanders, Mohammed-
bin Sa'id-bin Ziyad of Bahla, was killed.
Malik-binNasir, having been told that the el-Nizar 6 had joined Ya'rab's
men in the attack on the el-Yemen, sent for the Sheykhs of the former clan
and placed them in irons in the chief mosque. He then sent to the people of
el-Sharkiyeh, and a large army of them came to his aid. The Benu-Hmah
also came in large numbers, and the whole having united at Izki attacked
Ya'rab's force. The drums and a small body of men were sent out by the
side of el-Manzaliyeh, and the main body marched out from the directions of
el-'Atab on Friday at sunset. A great battle was fought, in which the
musketry rattled like peals of thunder, and swords flashed like lightning.
The result was the defeat of Ya'rab's army. The slaughter was great:
from what I have heard, three hundred men fell on both sides, but God
knows!
Nagir-bin Malik then marched with his followers on the town of Manh,
and a detachment attacked Faleyj of Wadi el-Hajar, killed many of the
inhabitants, and plundered all that they found in the place. They then
burned down the houses of Zakit and Mahyul, after which they reached
Manh, where they plundered the " Hujreh" of Ma'mad, burned the houses,
and slew numbers of the inhabitants, who were dispersed in all directions.
They next marched on Nezwa, and pitched their camp at the mosque of
el-Makhass of Fai'k, and laid siege to Nezwa. They destroyed the cultiva
tion, and burned many sugar-cane fields of el-Heyli and el-Khadhra. I hey
also burned the houses of Fark, and committed depredations everywhere.
The people of Nezvva and Ya'rab's followers sallied out against them,
and, after an engagement in which several were slain on each side, both
ar mi es fell back to their former positions. After this, there was lighting