1874.] 
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The Ima'm Abul-Hasan-bin ‘Abd-el-Sela'm. Then 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 bim. 
The Ima'm Moha'mmed-bin Stjleima'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‘fl, who seized Suleiman, threw him down, 
and held him there until the woman had escaped into ePAkr, when he let 
him go his ways. The Musalmans 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 
TnE Ima'm Babaka't-bin Mohammed-bin Isma'4l 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. 965 [A. D. 1557], Barakat evacuated the fort of Bahia, which was 
forcibly seized by Mohammed-bin Jafir-bin ‘All-bin Hilal. Previous to 
this, however, in the year 964 A. H. [A. D. 1556], the powerful Sul¬ 
tan, Sultan-bin Mohsin-bin Suleiman-bin Nebhan had taken possession of 
Nezwa. Mohammed-bin Jaflr continued to hold possession of the Fortress of 
Bahia until the APOmeyr bought it from him for three hundred laks. The 
APOmeyr entered the Fort of Bahia on Tuesday, nine days before the end of 
Jumadf el-Akhir, A. H. 967. [A. D. 1559.] 
It seems probable that ‘Omar-bin Kasim el-Fadheyli was Imam in the 
time of Barakat-bin Mohammed-bin Isma‘11, but this is not certain. 
The Ima'm ‘Abdttllah-bin Mohammed. On Friday, fifteen days 
remaining of the month of Rejeb, A. H. 967 [A. D. 1559], the Imam ‘Abdul- 
lah-bin Mohammed el-Karan was invested at Manli, and on Monday, two 
days before the end of the same month, he entered the Fort of Bahia. 
On Wednesday, three days before the end of the month of Ramadhan, 
A. H. 969 [A. D. 1561], Barakat-bin Mohammed-bin Isma‘11 re-entered the 
Fort of Bahia, which was vacated by ‘ Abdullah-bin Mohammed el-Karan. The 
learned theologian Ahmed-bin Maddad denounced both Mohammed-bin 
Ismabl 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 
