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the Wall entered it. During the siege, the Wall had received assistance 
from Nasir-bin Katan and the men of the el-‘Umur. ‘Abdullah having placed 
a governor there returned himself to the Imam. 
The Imam afterwards raised another army, in command of which he 
placed Mes‘ud-bin Eamadhan and ordered him to lead them to Maskat. 
He marched until he arrived at the well called el-Kuleh 10 at el-Matreh. 
There the millstones of death revolved between the Musalmans and the 
unbelievers, and God granted victory to the former, who demolished the 
high towers of Maskat. Many of the unbelievers were slain, after which 
they sued for peace, which was granted to them by the Wall, on condition 
of their restoring all the property of the el-‘Umur, which was in their pos¬ 
session, and also that of the Shi'ahs 11 of Sohar. On their submitting to 
these terms, the Wall assured them of safety, and after obtaining from 
them pledges of good faith, returned to the Imam. 
Mani‘-bin Sinan meanwhile ceased not to cherish secret enmity against 
the Imam and to preach rebellion against his Government. So Maddad- 
bin Holwan asked permission of the Imam to compass Maui's death by 
stratagem. The Imam having consented, Maddad wrote to Mani‘, inviting 
him to come to the fort of Lawa and expressing himself in such kind lan¬ 
guage that it disposed the other to accede. Now the Wall of Lawa at that 
time was Hafulh-bin Seyf. El-Maddad ceased not to ply the ‘Omeyri with 
letters couched in terms of friendly advice, and to adjure him on the true 
faith not to allow suspicions of evil to enter his heart. Mani‘ rejoiced at 
this and placed confidence in Maddad’s counsels. He was then residing at 
the town of Dibba, from which place he rode into Sohar, where he halted 
some days awaiting further advices from Maddad. The latter renewed the 
promises he had made, and fixed a certain night on which he engaged he 
should have admission to the Fort, on which Mani‘ rode to Lawa and alight¬ 
ed in the town. 
On the appointed night, the Wall dispersed his forces and caused them 
to wander about the streets, as if about to depart; it being however, ar¬ 
ranged amongst them that they should concentrate on Mani‘ from the right 
and left. Before Mani‘ was aware of their intentions, the troops had sur¬ 
rounded him from both sides, and he was seized and slain on the spot, and 
his followers dispersed, those who remained by him being slain. 
The Imam next prepared a force, the command of which he gave to 
‘All-bin Ahmed, assisted by his cousins of the Al-YaTub, and ordered him 
to proceed to the town of Julfar, which is el-Sir. 12 In those days, that place 
was held by the Persian Nasiruddin with a force of Persians. Ahmed-bin 
‘Ali proceeded to besiege them in the fort of el-Sir, the Persians actively 
defending themselves, and some hard fighting occurred. Some of the peo¬ 
ple of el-Sir sided with the Persians against the Imam’s forces. There was 
