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3 (p. 137.) The quotation is from a religious work. It is one of the verses alleged 
by the Shi‘alls to have been abstracted from the original Koran and suppressed. They 
take it to point to the oppressors of ‘All and his descendants. 
I 0 (p. 138.) Kadam. Between Bahia and el-Homra. 
II fp. 138.) Wadi el-Naklir. About 2 hours west of el-Homra. 
12 (p. 138.) Takfyeh. 
1 3 (p 139.) The history of this period is confused and defective, probably because 
the standard Arabian works contain no accounts of this portion of ‘Oman history. Hence" 
forward the Caliphs seem to have lost their hold on ‘Oman. 
14 (p. 140.) The dates are confused and unreliable, and several of the Imams are, as 
will be observed, introduced out of their chronological order. 
15 (p. 140.) The year is not stated. 
16 (p. 140.) That is, from Mohammed-bin Khanbash to Malik-bin el-Hawari, from 
A. D. 1162 to A. D. 1406. 
1 ? (p. 140.) The government of at least a portion of ‘Oman had fallen after the time’ 
of Mohammed-bin Khanbash into the hands of the Benu-Neblian, who were descended 
from another stock than the Azdites, though also Kahtanitc. Their progenitor appears 
to have been Nebhan-bin ‘Amr-bin el-Gliauth-bin Tai. The Princes of this family were 
never elected to the religious office of Imam, but were called “ Maliks,” or Lords. They 
were strongest in el-Dhahireh, and probably none of them reigned supreme over entire 
‘Oman. Their power lasted more or less to A. D. 1617, or for nearly 500 years. At the 
present day, no clan of ‘Oman is poorer or more despised than the Nebaheneli. 
1 8 (p. 140.) At that period Abaka Khan, son of Hulagu Khan, was monarch of Persia. 
1 9 (p. 140.) Kalhat, vide note 5, Book I. 
20 (p. 141.) Dhafar. Marco Polo says of Dliafar—“ Dufar is a great and noble and 
“ fine city, * # * The people are Saracens and have a Count for their chief who is 
« subject to the Soldan of Aden * * * Much white incense is produced here, and I 
“ will tell you how it grows. The trees are like small fir trees; these are notched with 
“ a knife in several places, and from these notches the incense is exuded. Sometimes 
t( also it flows from the tree without any notch ; this is by reason of the great heat of the 
“ sun there. * * * This Dhafar is supposed to be the Sephar of Genesis, x, 30.’ r 
[Colonel Yule’s Marco Polo, pp. 379-80, Yol. II.] 
2 1 (p. 141.) Dinar. A gold coin weighing 7li barley-corns [Lane]. 
22 (p. 141.) Owlad el-Refs, or the Rfayeseh, a tribe inhabiting a district west of Soliar. 
23 (p. 141.) The Malik or Lord. 
24 (p. 141.) Seyyid This term, here occurring for the first time, means Prince or 
Lord or Master or Noble. In ‘Oman it is prefixed to noble names as a “handle.” At 
the present time, the Ruler of ‘Oman is styled the Seyyid “ par excellence.” 
25 (p. 141.) See note 17. 
26 (p. 141.) According to Badger, an Azdite. 
27 (p. 141.) According to Badger, also an Azdite of the el-Yalimad. 
28 (p. 141.) The term employed is el-Sliurat, which was applied to the Kliarijite 
schismatics, because they said, “We have sold ourselves iu obedience to God for Paradise* 
when we separated ourselves from the erring Imams.” [Lane’s Lex., Art. ]• The 
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singular “ Shari, ’ we have seen applied in a peculiar sense to the Imams, vide note 13 to 
Book III. 
23 (p. 142.) The priest el-Khaleylf, the Imam ‘Azzan’s Samuel in later days, when 
wishing to perpetrate a similar spoliation, appealed to this period of ‘Oman history as 
precedent and justification. 
