1874.] 
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•Book III. 
From the Outbreak of Civil Dissensions to the Imamate of 8a? id-bin- 
‘ Abdullah . A. D. 886 to A. D. 934. 
There then arose dissensions in ‘Oman, and much misery ensued. The 
people became divided in religion and counsels, and civil war and discord fell 
grievously upon them. Then Musa renounced Rashid and his wickedness 
and error, and rising against him deposed him. 
The Ima'm ‘Azza'ist-bih' Temj'm. ‘Azzan-bin Temhn el-Kliarusi suc¬ 
ceeded to the Imamate on Tuesday, three nights before the end of the 
month of Safar, A. H. 277. [A. D. 890.] Amongst those present at the 
ceremony of vowing obedience were c Omar-bin Mohammed the Kadhi, and 
Mohammed-bin Musa-bin ‘All and ‘Azzan-bin el-Hizabr, and Azhar-bin 
Mohammed-bin Suleiman. 
Musa and ‘Azzan continued to be mutual friends for a long time, but 
at length they quarrelled, and ‘Azzan deposed Musa from the office of 
Kadhi. ‘Azzan then feared what might happen to him from Musa, and 
hastened to send a force against him, which he raised partly from the 
inmates of the prisons. They proceeded to Izki, 1 where they entered the 
walled enclosure of the el-Nizar, 2 and set to work to slaughter, seize, carry 
off and plunder the inhabitants of Izki. They then set fire to the place, 
and burned many of the people alive. Miisa-bin Musa was killed by the 
pebbles of Roddah near the mosque of el-Hajar in the quarter of el-Jemir. 
In short, they treated the people of Izki with unheard-of barbarity. The 
warfare thenceforward became grievous, and hatred and anger were rife; 
each side endeavoured by every means in its power to inflict loss on its 
rival. ‘Azzan received those who brought the intelligence of this affair 
with honour, and rewarded them with largesse, and withheld his favours from 
such as had held back from the expedition against Izki. This affair took 
place on Sunday, one day before the end of Sha‘ban, A. H. 278. [A. D. 891]. 
In consequence of this occurrence el-Fadhl-bin el-Hawari el-Koreishi- 
el-Nizari took the field, in order to avenge the massacre of the people of 
Izki. He was joined by the el-Madhariyeh, 3 and the el-Haddan and some 
of the Benul-Harith of el-Batineh ; and he was met by ‘Abdullah el- 
Haddani in the mountains of the el-Haddan. 4 
El Fadhl proceeded to Towam which is el-Jow. 5 Thence he returned 
to el-Haddan. He was there joined by el-Hawari-bin ‘Abdullah el-Saluni, 
and they proceeded on the 16th of Showwal of the same year to Sohar, which 
they entered on the 23rd of the same month on a Friday. They attended 
Friday prayers, 6 and Zeyd-bin Suleiman officiated on the occasion, and 
preached to the people, after which he blessed el-Hawari-bin ‘Abdullah el- 
Saluni from the pulpit. They remained in Sohar the rest of Friday and 
