194 E. C. Ross —Annals of 1 Oman .— Notes to Boole VI. [No. 2, 
5 (p. 155.) Now called Al-bu-Sa‘Id. The family of the present Seyyids. 
6 (p. 156.) The Benu-Riyam inhabit the Green Mountains, “ Jebel el-Akhdhar.” 
Mr. Badger considers them of Malirah origin. At present they belong to the Ghafiri 
division. 
7 (p. 157.) Mr. Badger says—“ The Benu Hilal I take to be descendants of 
Hilal, one of the four sons of Amir-bin Sa‘asa‘ah (born about A. D. 381), a descendant of 
Ma‘add and Adnan, &c.” (Imams and Seyyids of ‘Oman.) 
8 (p. 157.) ‘Ibrf or ‘Obri. A town in el-Dhahireh, which was visited by Wellsted, 
and where he had a bad reception. There is also a tribe or clan, named el-‘Ibrhn. Whe¬ 
ther the clan takes its name from the place or vice versa , I cannot say. The root of the 
name is the same as that of Heber, from which “ Hebrew.” The signification is “ on 
the other side.” The Latin form of the same word is Iber (Ibercs, Iberian), equivalent to 
trans-ultra, &c. (Types of Mankind.) 
9 (p. 159.) The Portuguese. 
I ° (p. 160.) El-Ruleh. The banyan tree, Ficus Indica. 
II (p. 160.) Slri'ahs. Probably Persians. 
12 (p. 160.) El-Sir to be distinguished from el-Sirr, was another name for Julfar, 
now Ras el-Kheimah. 
1 3 (p. 161.) El-Efrenj, or Franks, meaning Portuguese, no doubt. 
1 4 (p. 161.) The narrative here suddenly terminates, but we may assume the 
attack on Soliar failed. 
15 (p. 161.) About 20 miles from Maskat, noted for its hot mineral springs. 
1 6 (p. 162.) El-Alisa. A district of Nejd, called vulgarly Lahsa. 
1 ? (p. 162.) Benu-Lam. The “ Benu-Lam” are a branch of the great Tai tribe, and 
therefore of Kahtanic origin through Kalilan; for Lam, born about A. D. 470, was the 
descendant of Tai, the descendant of‘Odad, the descendant of Kalilan (Badger’s Seyyids 
of ‘Oman, p. 67 note). Until subjugated by the Wahhabis, the Benu-Khalid were the most 
prominent tribe on the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. (Ibid.) 
1 8 (p. 163.) The term used is el-Shurat, vide note 28, Book IV. 
1 9 (p. 164.) In Badger’s work, the date is A. H. 1059, or A. D. 1649. 
20 (p. 164.) No details of the capture of Maskat are given, but Mr. Badger’s author 
has a long and detailed account of the matter, derived apparently from the popular 
legends. One story current is that the Arabs entered Maskat in the guise of peaceful 
peasants, hiding their arms in bundles of fire wood, and that they took the opportunity 
of the Portuguese garrison being assembled without arms at chapel to attack and 
massacre them. The Portuguese residence, or Factory home, is called by the Arabs el- 
Jereza ( for Igrezia, or church). Mr. Badger has mistaken the word for Jezirah 
or “ Island,” which it closely resembles in the Arabic. 
Sultan-bin Seyf commenced to reign A. D. 1640, and died on 4th October, 
1680. 
The date of the Portuguese expulsion is stated by European authorities 1650 or 
1658. The present work does not enable us to fix it more accurately. 
“ In anno 1715, the Arabian fleet [meaning the Imam’s] consisted of one ship of 
“ 74 guns, two of 60, one of 50, and 18 small ships from 32 to 12 guns each, and some 
“ Trankies, or rowing vessels, from 4 to 8 guns each, with which sea-forces they keep all 
“ the sea coasts from Cape Comorin to the Red Sea. They have often made 
“ descents on the Portuguese Colonies on the coast of India, destroying their villages and 
“ farms, but spare the churches for better reasons than we can give for plundering them. 
