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3 1 (p. 118.) El-Mustatir meaning “the wary.” The descendants of this el-Julanda, 
who was an Azdite, appear to have assumed the name Benu-Julanda. It is said that 
each one who became king in ‘Oman, took the name of Julanda. 
[ Vide Imams and Seyyids of‘Oman, p. 7]. 
3 2 (p. 118.) The commencement of the Sassanian dynasty was A. D. 220; it 
terminated with the Mohammedan conquest. 
3 3 (p. 118). This Book serves as an introduction to the subsequent narrative. 
The author must have been at considerable pains to collect his materials judging from the 
paucity of books now in ‘Oman. The more ancient Arab historical works are chiefly 
accounts of famous tribes or families, and the genealogies of important personages are very 
minutely traced. The science of genealogy was highly elaborate. There were ten recog¬ 
nized gradations of communities, from the “ people” as a whole down to the “ family ’ of 
less than ten persons. The terms used to describe those various classes are analogous to our 
words, “race,” “ nation,” “ tribe,” “ clan,” “ kin,” “ family.” But the shades of gradation 
are more minutely given in Arabic than English can describe. The term “ Kabileh,” 
answering to our ‘‘ tribe” or “ clan” was fourth in the Arab classification. In modern 
times Arabs have ceased to preserve their pedigrees, and in ‘Oman the people know little 
of their origin. 
Summarized, the events related in this book are as follows. Yemenite Arabs chiefly 
Azdite arrive in ‘Oman and drive out the Persians, who were previously in posses¬ 
sion of the whole province. Thenceforward, for a considerable time, the Azdites were 
sole masters and their chiefs ruled supreme. Later, however, the Persians regained a 
footing, and at the time of the introduction of Mohammedanism, a Persian deputy was 
residing in ‘Oman, and was subsequently expelled by the Azdite tribes under the 
descendants of el-Julanda. 
‘Oman and Bahrain were included in the conquests of the Persian Monarch Khosru 
Parwiz at the end of the '6th century. 
Notes to Book II, 
1 (p. 118.) Book or Chapter 33 of the “ Keshf ul-Ghummeh.” 
2 (p. 118.) The subjugation of ‘Oman by the Persians in the time of the Julandaites 
appears to have been only temporary or partial, as at the commencement of the 
Mohammedan Era the Julandaites ‘Abd and Jeifar were undoubtedly in power. When 
the remnant of the Persians were expelled, ‘ Oman did not, however, become an independent 
kingdom. Its princes embraced the religion of Islam in the time of Mohammed, whose 
paramount authority they acknowledged. Thenceforward until about 751 A. D., ‘Oman 
was nominally under the Khalifehs and immediately controlled by the governors of ‘Irak. 
Before the success of Mohammed in ‘Oman it is mentioned that one Abu-Bash’-bin 
Asid or ‘Otba had retired to the coast of ‘Oman [slf el-bahr], and collected round him 
there those who in Mekka had embraced the new Faith, but they were unable to maintain 
themselves, and their numbers gradually decreased to 62 or 70. [Nawawi.] 
3 (p. 118.) Daba. There is a small town now named Dibba, north of Sohar. There 
appears to have been also a place named Daba between Bahrain and ‘Oman, where el- 
Atik-bin el-Asd settled after the emigration from Mareb. Hence the family called Azd- 
Daba. [Wustenfeld, Index.] 
4 (p. 119.) Abu-Bekr succeeded Mohammed, and was Khalifeli from A. D. 632 to 
634. On his accession rebellions occurred in several provinces, ‘Oman amongst the number. 
An expedition was despatched to ‘Oman and Yemen under ‘Ikrimali-bin Abu-Jalil, who 
