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retreated, leaving the Hinai chief and his followers besieged in the Fort. 
He was at length forced to surrender, and evacuated the place with all his 
men, arms, and property, leaving the Fort empty. The Imam after placing 
a Wall there returned to Nezwa. The Imam next marched to Semail 
against Mani‘-bin Sinan el-‘Omeyrh The latter, as soon as he heard of the 
Imam’s approach, made his submission, and advised the Imam to suffer him 
to remain in the Fort, promising to be faithful for the future. This the 
Imam consented to, and, after completing his design of rebuilding the old 
Fort of Semail, returned to Nezwa. 
After that, the Imam proceeded with a force to Makanlyat, where he 
attacked and defeated the enemy. The garrison, however, held out for 
nearly three months in the Fort, after which time the Imam captured it, 
and placed Mohammed-bin ‘All there as Wall. 
Sa‘ld el-Khiyali and his clan ceased not to persevere in their enmity 
towards the Imam, and to correspond with the el-Jibur, until the latter 
admitted them to the town of el-Sakhbaii, where they slew a man of the 
el-Dhahahakeh and many of the Imam’s soldiers and others, the number 
of whom God alone know T s. The Imam’s army was completely shut up, 
and several engagements were fought; one a very severe one at el-‘Ajeyflyeh, 
another at el-Ghabeh, another at el-Mathareh, another at el-Ziyadeh, and 
many more hard lights, so that the pillars of el-Islam were well nigh 
crumbled to ruins. The Wall was deserted by many of the people, and left 
with only a small number, beset by the enemy banded to oppose him, so 
that his resolution was almost overcome by his terror. He remained be- 
sieged in the fort of el-Ghabbi, the governor of which was Mohammed-bin 
Seyf. When Mohammed-bin ‘All, Wall of Makanlyat, became aware of 
the state of affairs, he assembled a force to relieve Mohammed-bin Seyf at 
el-Ghabbi, and, coming on the enemy unawares, he entered the place, and 
defeated and scattered them in all directions. Some gained el-Sakhbaii, 
some fled to the desert, and the rest set out for Yankal, which place was 
held by Nasir-bin Kat.an. So God gave the victory to the Musalmans. 
After these occurrences, Mani‘-bin Sinan secretly entered into corre¬ 
spondence with Seyf-bin Mohammed el-Hinal, and played the traitor by 
violating the compact he had entered into with the Imam. Having col¬ 
lected a force, the two entered Nezwa, the inhabitants of which place were 
not guiltless of treachery and disaffection, as this was effected with their 
secret connivance, and with the aid of some of the tribes. On entering 
Nezwa, they possessed themselves of el-‘Akr, 
The Imam retained only the fort, which they rigorously beset, but just 
as they were on the point of breaching the wall, succours arrived from Izkl 
and Bahia, including the Benu-Rfyam. These having entered the place to 
the relief of the Imam, who was overjoyed at their arrival, the enemy’s forces 
