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By a marriage with a Persian lady he had ten sons, named ‘Abd and Hima- 
yeh and Sa’d and Ruaheh and Majash and Kelab and Asd and Taber and 
Aswad and ‘Othman. After his death, his sons were disunited, and the 
Persians expelled them, and some went to ‘Oman. The majority of the 
children of Salimali, however, remained in Kerman, where they were 
numerous and powerful. 
The Persians did not return to ‘Oman after their expulsion by Malik 
until his reign terminated, and his children reigned in his place, and the 
kingdom of‘Oman came into the possession of el-Julanda-bin el-Mustatir il 
el-Ma’wali, and Persia fell into the hands of the Benu Sasan. 32 There was 
peace between them and el-Julanda in ‘Oman, and the Persians kept a force 
of 4000 warriors in ‘Oman and a deputy with the kings of the el-Azd. The 
Persians abode on the sea coast, and the el-Azd ruled in the interior plains 
and hills and districts of‘Oman, the direction of affairs being entirely with 
them. 
The Persian monarclis used to send persons who had incurred their 
displeasure or whom they feared to their army in ‘Oman. So it continued 
until God caused el-Islam to be manifested. 33 
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Account of the people of ‘ Oman from the period ichen they embraced the 
7'eligion of el-Islam until they became disunited . 
There is a tradition that the first man of ‘Oman to embrace el-Islam 
was one Mazin-bin-Ghadhubah, who visited the Prophet and asked him to 
pray for him and the people of ‘Oman. 
Afterwards the Apostle of God wrote to the people of ‘Oman, inviting 
them to adopt the religion of Islam. He wrote amongst others to ‘Abd 
and Jeifar 2 , the sons of el-Julanda (who had died a short time before), to 
the effect that if they would accept el-Islam, he would confirm them as 
Governors ; otherwise they would be deposed. He sent this letter by ‘Amr- 
bin el-‘As, who alighted at a place near Sohar named Damsetjerd, which had 
been built by the Persians. Thence he sent a message to the sons of 
Julanda, who were the foremost and most influential chiefs of ‘Oman. The 
first who met the messenger was ‘Abd, who was the most discerning and 
sensible of the two brothers. He sent on ‘Amr to his brother Jeifar with the 
sealed letter, and Jeifar broke the seal and read it, and then passed it to ‘Abd 
who also read it. The latter then told ‘Amr that this was no trifling matter 
he had come about, and that he would reflect on it, and afterwards give a reply. 
He then assembled a council of the el-Azd, and sent to Ka‘b-bin Barshah el- 
‘17dl. They all became converts to el-Islam, and sent to all their kinsmen who 
vowed obedience to the Prophet, and agreed to offer the proper religious alms. 
Jeifar sent messengers to Maheyreh, and Sliihr in the south, and to Daba, 3 
