History of the Imams and Seyyids

First ever account in English of an indigenous work on Oman. Ibn Ruzayq was the author of the manuscript 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. The manuscript chronicles the history of Oman from the adoption of Islam c. 661 CE until 1856 CE. This volume, providing the first indigenous account of the history of Oman in English, contains the translation of the manuscript together with an analysis by Badger. The large folding map shows the north-eastern Arabian coastline from Basrah to Oman, including the regions occupied 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).

First edition, Hakluyt Society First Series, no. 44.; 8vo, cxxviii, 435 pp.; large folding map; original blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, a few small round library stamps and 'withdrawn' stamp to title, some light damp staining, original blue cloth gilt, spine darkened, a good copy.

Al-Qasimi, The Gulf in Historic Maps 1493-1931, p. 275; Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 450.