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late Imam, and the preceptor Abu-Bekr Ahmed-bin Mohammed pronounced 
the khotbeh. This was in 510 A. H. [A. D. 111G.] 
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The Ima'm Mohammed-bin Khanbash. Afterwards, Mohammed-bin 
Khanbash became Imam. He died in 557 A. H. [A. D. 1162], and was buried 
by the small black bill, called Jebel Thu-Juyud, nearFeleij el-Kantak. His 
death occasioned greater suffering to the people of ‘Oman than that of any 
previous Imam. 
The Ima'm Hafs-bin Ra'shid. His son Hafs-bin Rashid was then 
elected. 
The Ima'm Ra'shid-bin ‘AlT. Then came Rashid-bin ‘Ali, who died 
on Sunday, in the middle of Thul-Ka‘deli, A. H. 476. In one work, how¬ 
ever, the date of bis death is placed at A. H. 513. God knows which of the 
dates is most correct. 14 
The Ima'm Mu'sa-bin Abu-Ja'bir. Then was elected Musa-bin Jabir- 
el-Mu ‘all-bin Musa-bin Nejad, who died in the year 549 A. H. [A. D. 1153.] 
I have translated the following passage from the MS. work of the learned 
‘Othman-bin Musa-bin Mohammed-bin ‘Othman, who lived in the quarter 
named el-Jarmah of ‘Akr at Nezwa. 
The Ima'm Habi's-bin Mohammed. The Ima'm Ma'lik-bin el- 
Hawa'ei'. 
On the 17th of Jumadi-el-Awwal, li died the Imam Habfs-bin Moham¬ 
med-bin Hisham, whose death was a severe affliction to the people. Malik- 
bin el-Hawari became Imam in the year 809 [A. D. 1406], and died in 832 
A. H. [A. D. 1429]. I have not discovered accounts of any Imams during the 
interval that here elapses of a little more than two hundred years. 16 God 
knows whether those were years of an interregnum during which no Imam 
was elected, or whether the names of the Imams have been lost to us. 17 I 
have, however, found an account of an expedition of the people of Shiraz 
against‘Oman, under Fakhr el-din Ahmed-bin el-Dayah and Shihab el-din 
with 4,500 horsemen. The people of ‘Oman endured extreme suffering 
from these invaders. They ejected the principal persons of el-‘Akr at Nezwa 
from their houses, and remained in this manner for four months in ‘Oman. 
They also besieged Bahia, but were unable to take it. Ibn-Dayah having 
died, Gc*d caused their fall. The people also suffered from a severe famine. 
That was in the reign of the Sultan ‘Omar-bin Nebhan in the year 674 A. 
H. 18 [A. H. 1279]. I have also lighted on an account of an expedition of one 
of the Amirs of Hormuz, named Mahmud-bin Ahmed el-Kashi, who landed at 
the town of Kalliat. 19 At that time Abul-Ma‘ali-Kahlan-bin Nebhan and 
his brother ‘Omar-bin Nebhan ruled over ‘Oman. On arrival at Kalhat, 
Mahmud summoned Abul Ma‘ali, who told him that he held possession of 
