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this, peace was concluded. Meanwhile Khalf-bin Mubarik el-Kasir, seeing 
Mohammed-bin Nasir engaged in the siege of el-Seleyf, laid siege to el- 
Rostak. Now Saba 4 el-‘Amur! had previously taken the Fort of Sohar. 
When Sinan-bin Mohammed el-Mahthur el-Ghafiri, the warden of the 
Fort, was killed, Mohammed-bin Nasir el-Harrasi and his followers came 
forth from the Fort of el-Rostak, and, Khalf-bin Mubarik entering, the 
place was surrendered to him. 
Saba 4 el-Amur! had meanwhile taken the Fort of Sohar, and Moham¬ 
med-bin Nasir found himself unable to return from el-Seleyf and march to 
the relief of el-Rostak and Sohar, for fear his enemies in el-Dhahireh should 
become too strong for him. 
Khalf el-Kasir then moved against the Fort of el-Hazam, the Wall of 
which was ‘Omer-bin Salih-bin Mesfiid el-Ghafiri. He besieged the place, 
and diverted the course of the stream which supplied it with water. He 
then sent a message to the Wall, offering safe passage for him and his men, 
on condition of their evacuating the Fort. The Wall refused, and wrote to 
Mohammed-bin Nasir to inform him of what had occurred, and that they 
had no water except a small quantity in a cistern. Mohammed, accordingly, 
having made peace with the people of el-Seleyf and razed their Fort, 
proceeded to el-Hazam with an innumerable army, and when he reached 
that place, fell upon Khalf s forces. After many had been slain, the latter 
took to flight, leaving their arms, ammunition, and provisions behind. 
Mohammed-bin Nasir then returned to el-Dhahireh without visiting el- 
Rostak, his object being Bilad-Seyt. Having assembled a numerous force 
of “ Bedii” and “ Hadhr,” he marched from el-Dhahireh to Bilad-Seyt. 
The inhabitants refusing to comply with his summons to submission, he 
laid siege to the place, and his men having assaulted, slew many of the 
people. 
He next attacked el-‘Aridh, which belonged to the Benu-‘A'di, and took 
that place, and also Ghamar. The uplands of the Benu-Hinah fell into his 
hands, and none of that tribe remained in them. Some were slain, and 
those who asked quarter were sent away in safety. In the attack on Bilad- 
Seyt, about ten of Mohammed-bin Nasir’s men were slain and several 
wounded. He then ordered his army to Nezwa, where he remained about six 
months, during part of the winter, until harvest time. Flaving summoned 
the people of the Manah [or Manli] district to submit to him, they refused, 
so he sent a force against them which surrounded them, and cut down their 
date trees at Felej el-Fikein and Jarr- 4 Ali, and, when their property was 
destroyed, they made their submission. 
Mohammed-bin Nasir then returned to el-Dhahireh, and, halting at el- 
Ghabbi of el-Sirr, busied himself raising a fresh army, until he had collected a 
large number of 44 Bedu ” and 44 Hadhr.” He ordered the people of el-Dhaliiith 
