(from the article `Manr, Ab `mir al-`) ...becoming the protégé (and supposedly the lover) of the mother of the young caliph Hishm II (first reign 976–1009). In 978, with the aid of his ...(from the article `Oman`) The interior remained autonomous until 1954, when Muammad al-Khall, who had ruled as imam since 1920, died. His weak successor, Ghlib, was influenced ...