1874.] 
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‘All-bin Himyer was slain. The contest then terminated, and Mohammed- 
bin Muhenna returned to Sohar. 
"When the Amir ‘Omeyr-bin Himyer, who was at Bahia, heard what 
had befallen his brothers and his cousin, he solemnly vowed not to turn 
back from Sohar until he had reaped the enemies with the sword, burnt 
them with fire, and scattered them in all directions. He commenced col¬ 
lecting forces by land and by sea, and there assembled round him a force 
of whom God alone could tell the number. He then proceeded to Maskat, 
to obtain re-inforcements by sea. He sent also to the Malik of Hormuz 
for assistance, and he sent him a number of ships laden with stores and 
men and munitions of war. A ship also had arrived on the coast from 
India, carrying a large number of troops and some munitions of war, 8 and 
had been driven back by the wind to Maskat. The Amir ‘Omeyr-bin 
Himyer took it, and proceeded with the Christians and others who had join¬ 
ed him from Maskat, and halted for seven nights at Batineh el-Sib. Mo- 
hammed-bin Jafir, hearing of this, marched with his tribe to the aid of 
Mohammed-bin Muhenna, and entered Sohar, to the joy of the latter, who 
gave him admission to the Fort and encouraged his men. A collision took 
place between Mohammed-bin Jafir’s men and a party in one of the bas¬ 
tions of the Fort, and they fought for an hour. Mohammed-bin Jafir and 
his people then quitted Sohar. 
When the Amir ‘Omeyr heard of this occurrence, he moved his forces 
on Sohar by land and sea, and entered that town on the 19th of Rabi‘ ul- 
A'khir, A. H. 1025. [A. D. 1616.] 
A battle which ensued between the rival forces, lasted from morning to 
night, but without decisive result. A day or two later, the Christians dis¬ 
embarked from the ships with their implements of war. In advancing they 
pushed before them gabions of cotton, to shelter them from the musketry 
fire. They also employed cannon, which moved by land on wooden carriages, 
and were fitted with wooden screens. On one side of the Fort, Mohammed- 
bin Muhenna had a tower in which were a large number of soldiers. The 
besiegers dragged their cotton screens to a position opposite this tower, and 
battered it with cannon until a breach was effected, when the garrison 
evacuated it and the Christians entered. When Mohammed-bin Muhenna 
heard of this, he urged on his men, and a fight took place by night at the 
tower, in which ‘All-bin Thahal-bin Mohammed-bin Hafidh and Moham¬ 
med-bin Muhenna el-Hadeyfi were killed, on the 21st of Rabi‘ ul-A'khir, 
A. H. 1025. [A. D. 1616.J 
After this event, Sultan-bin Himyer-bin Mohammed-bin Hafidh el- 
Nebliani. with his brother Kahlan-bin Himyer and his cousin Muhenna- 
bin Mohammed-bin Hafidh and their forces occupied the fort. 
As soon as the Amir ‘Omeyr became aware of the death of the chief of 
