The first indigenous account of the history of Oman in English

Salîl-ibn-Razîk / Badger, Percy (transl.). History of the Imâms and Seyyids of 'Omân [...]. Translated from the original Arabic, and edited, with notes, appendices and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, FRGS.

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The first indigenous account of the history of Oman in English. Translated from an Arabic manuscript prepared by Salil ibn Ruzayq, given to George Percy Badger (1815-88), a member of the Bombay Commission reporting on the secession of Zanzibar, by the ruler of Oman, Seyyid Thuwayni. It chronicles the history of Oman from the adoption of Islam ca. 661 CE until 1856. In addition to the translation, this edition contains an appendix explaining local political terminology and discussing the islands of el-Kais and el-Kishm, as well as the situation of Sirâf in the Gulf.

"In 1860 Badger was appointed to serve on the Commission sent to Oman, which brought about the succession of Zanzibar. It was while he was in Muscat that the ruler, Sayyid Thuwayni, gave him a manuscript of a history of Oman by Salil Ibn Ruzayq, which he subsequently translated and published in 1871, replete with his own scholarly apparatus" (Bulletin, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies 11.2 [1984], pp. 140-155).

The large folding map shows the north-eastern Arabian coastline from Basrah to Oman, including the regions taken up by the modern-day states of Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as a view of Muscat (with a more detailed inset map).

Reprint of the Hakluyt Society edition of 1871.