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ing his assistance against el-Dhaliireh. The Imam thereupon prepared an 
army with which he marched to the assistance of the Sheykh, and halted 
at el-Sakhhari. The people , of el-Sirr and el-Dhaliireh assisted the Imam 
with contributions of men and money. Thence he proceeded to the Fort 
of el-Ghabbi, in which was posted the main body of the A'l-Hilal with 
“Bedu 7 ” and “ Hadhr.” Here there was a severe engagement, in the 
course of which the Imam’s brother Je‘ad-bin Murshid was killed. The 
Imam then marched to ‘Ibid 8 , which he took, and remaining there two 
nights, he returned to el-Sakhbari, after which he besieged the Fort of el- 
Ghabbi until God gave him victory over it, when he placed in it as Wall 
Khamis-bin Rueyshid. In the town of Bat he placed as Wall a person 
belonging to el-Rostak, associating with him Muhammed-bin Seyf el-How- 
kani. These two the Imam ordered to reduce the remaining towns of 
el-Dhaliireh, and himself returned to Nezwa. 
The A'l-Hilal, who occupied a position by the water courses near Dhank, 
made war on the Walls. The latter encountered them at el-Deir, routed 
them, and captured the camels of Katan-bin Katan, to make use of them in 
overcoming the others. They also laid siege to Katan-bin Katan’s Fort. 
Katan-bin Katan then went to the Imam, and offered to surrender his Fort, 
if his camels were restored to him. These terms were accepted, and the 
Imam ordered the camels to be given back to Katan, who surrendered his 
Fort and was confirmed as Wall of it by the Imam. 
The two Walls then proceeded to Makanlyat, which was held by a 
Wazir of the el- Jibur. The latter tribe raised the whole of the Benu-Hilal, 
“ Bedu” and “ Hadhr,” and the Owlad el-Rels, and marched towards 
Makanlyat; but, considering themselves unequal to the relief of that place, 
they advanced on Bat. The Walls feared for the safety of that town on 
account of the scanty supply of water on which the Governor relied, so the 
Musalmans marched from before Makanlyat, and surprised the el-Jibur at 
Bat. After an encounter, the el-Jibur retreated towards Makanlyat; but 
the Musalmans overtook them, and a battle was fought which lasted from 
morning prayer till noon. The Musalmans had to exert themselves to the 
utmost, and the slaughter of the rebels was so great, that it is said they 
were unable to bury the slain separately, and were obliged to put seven and 
eight corpses in one pit. So God upheld the Musalmans. 
When intelligence of this affair reached the Imam, he assembled an 
army and marched with it against the el-Hinal of Bahia, at which place he 
arrived on the night of the festival of the Hijj. He besieged the place for 
two months, all but three davs, when the el-Jibur came to the relief of the 
el-Hinal. They were encountered by the Imam’s troops, and a severe en¬ 
gagement took place,] in which Kasim-bin Mathkur el-Dahmashi and a 
great number of the army of the el-Jibur were slain. The latter then 
