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appendix to kepoet from select committee
Appendix No 8. " On the death of their father," writes the historiaii, "there was great attachment betw^n
IP ’ • c< brothers Salim and Saeed." This continued during the lifetime of the funner, and for
several years the two brothers appear to have ruled conjointly, and to have acted in concert
. against the many attempts made by other members of the family to wrest the sovereignty
from them. " The cause why Saeed was preferred to his brother Salim," says the author
quoted, " was as follows : first, such was the wish of the daughter of the Imam, and his
« brother Salim consented thereto." Saeed then " sent for the chiefs oj Omán, and bound
" them to aid him against all enemies. To this they agreed, all being well pleased with
a JiiffiP
Recapitulating the names of the sovereigns enumerated in the foregoing list, from about
A.D. 1618 lo the accession of his late Highness Syud Saeed, we find the order of the
succession to have been as follows :—
I. Nâsir bin Moorshid.
•2. Sultan bin Seif, cousin to the above.
3. Belarab bin Sultan, son of preceding, who is displaced by his brother.
4. Seif bin Sultan.
5. Sultan bin Seif, son of preceding.
6. Seif bin Sultan bin Seif (a child) proclaimed, but his elder brother
7. Mohenna bin Sultan succeeds.
8. Yaarab bin Belarab bin Sultan, cousin to preceding.
9. Seif bin Sultan (6) again proclaimed Imam, his uncle, Belarab bin Nasir, being
Regent.
10. Mahomed bin Nâsir, another uncle to preceding, elected Imam. Dies, and
II. Seif bin Sultan (6 and 9) again proclaimed, but some of the tribes acknowledge
his uncle, Belarab bin Nasir.
12. Mohammed, another uncle of preceding, is made Imam while his nephew is
living. Is killed at Sohar, and is succeeded by
13. Ahmed bin Saeed, Governor of Sohar, the first of a new dynasty.
14. Saeed bin Ahmed, second son to preceding, the eldest being afflicted with
cataract.
1.5. Earned bin Saeed, fourth son of preceding, is recognised as joint ruler with his
father ; Earned dies, and his father rules alone for a short time, but is eventually
displaced by his brother.
16. Sultan bin Ahmed, the fifth son of Ahmed bin Saeed (13). On his death,
his sons
17. Salim bin Sooltan and Saeed bin Sultan conjointly, until, with the consent of
the former, Saeed, the late Imam, succeeded to the individual sovereignty.
(signed) George Percy Badger.
Appendix (C.)
Translation of the Will of his late Highness Syud Saeed.
In the name of the Most Merciful God,
Syud Saeed bin Sultan bin el Imam Ahmed bin Saeed, A1 boo Saeedy, wills, with
regard to what is incumbent upon him, from his property, after his decease, in respect of
all the funeral rites after his death until his burial, 500 dollars of his property, after his
death to whoever washes his body with the washing of the departed, and to whoever digs
the crave in which he is interred after his death. Also 500 dollars of his property, after
his death to his relatives who do not inherit anything from him. Also 1,000 expiatory
prayers, each expiatory prayer (to be of the value of) what will feed 60 poor people.
Also remuneration to whoever shall fast for him for the space of 50 months, m lieu ol what
was incumbent on himself for his transgression of the fast of the months of Ramadhan ;
and the remuneration is to be defrayed from his piopeitv, after his death, at the discietion
of his executors. Also remuneration to whoever shall perform in his stead the pilgrimage
of the Mussulmans to the Holy House of God, which is in the renowned (city of) Mecca,
and shall visit in his stead the Tomb of our Prophet Mohammed (upon whom be peace),
which is at the Medinah of Yathrib, and shall in his stead offer up the salutations of peace
to him and to his two companions, the faithful Aboobekr and Omar ibn-el Khattab (God be
gracious
