182 
E. C. Ross —Annals of ‘ Oman.—IBook VII. 
[No. 2, 
fetters at Yabrin until they all died. He remained at Yabrin some months 
after this. Abu-Khark then sent a message to Mohammed-bin Nasir, say¬ 
ing that in future he would not molest any one, nor commit any depreda¬ 
tions. And after those occurrences, from that day to this, we have not heard 
of any one being robbed or ill-treated on any of the roads of ‘Oman, from the 
east of it to the west. 
Mohammed-bin Nasir then ordered a general levy of all in allegiance 
to him in ‘Oman, from east to west. An immense force accordingly ga¬ 
thered round him at Yabrin, the number of which God only knows. He 
sent to the districts of the Benu-Hinah of Wall el-‘Ula, and el-Heyl, and 
Samm, and ‘Omla. All the Benu-Hinali submitted and none opposed him. 
He then proceeded to Yankal, and having encamped on the high ground, 
sent a summons to the garrison to surrender the Fort to him. They, how¬ 
ever, refused and prepared to resist. One night, an inhabitant of Yankal 
named ‘Asam came forth, and secretly made terms for himself, saying only, 
the place was not in his hands. Moliammed-bin Nasir replied, “ Counsel 
your men to submit, in order to avoid bloodshed.” They, however, would 
not follow his advice and continued to resist. Now the house of ‘Asam was 
on the wall, in which was a small gateway. ‘Asam admitted Mohammed 
and his followers by this gate into the town, and two of the inhabitants 
were slain. They then begged for quarter, which Mohammed granted, but 
he imprisoned their Sheykhs and carried them off to Yabrin. He left a 
Wall in Yankal, the inhabitants of which submitted to him. He then 
marched towards Sohar, and sent forward Rabi‘ah-bin Ahmed el-Wahaslii 
to advise his cousins to descend from the Fort of Sohar. This person, how¬ 
ever, instead of doing so, when he came to them, advised them to resist 
firmly. When Mohammed arrived at Sohar, he was encountered by the 
Benu-Hinah, and a battle was fought in which many of them were slain. 
Rabi‘ah-bin Ahmed was wounded and made prisoner. The Benu-Hinah 
were defeated and retired into the Fort. 
Mohammed’s army occupied the principal mosque, and he himself took 
up his quarters in the house of Bin-Mahmud. He then spoke to Rabfiah- 
bin Ahmed and said to him, “ If you wish to remain with us, you are secure, 
but if you wish to join your companions in the Fort, I will send you in 
safety.” As he elected to be sent to the Fort, his wish was complied with. 
Mohammed-bin Nasir had placed twelve men mounted on mares as 
videttes on the eastern side of Sohar, as he had heard that Khalf-bin 
Mubarik had collected the Benu-Hinali from el-Rostak and Maskat, and 
had arrived at the Fort of Saliam. Meanwhile Mohammed-bin Nasir had 
• • 
received the submission of all Sohar and its inhabitants, and the latter, to 
whatsoever tribe belonging, had received assurances of security and none 
were molested. With him were Bedouins of the Benu-Yas, and Benu- 
Na‘im, and their sub-tribes, and also the “ Hadhr.” 
