"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٨‎٠‎٥] (١٧٨٢/٩٦٠)

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jealousy of Shaikh Jasim's new position and was said to have been in
stigated by the Shaikh of Bahrain; and a British and a Turkish gunboat
both visited the coast to enquire into the incident. In 1880 the Bani
Hajir pirate Zaid-bin-Muhammad relieved a boat of some pearls belong
ing to Shaikh Jasim and captured a vessel belonging to Wakrah ; and
raids were committed near Dohah by Manasir and Avvamir. In Ibbl
the Al Bu Kuwarah were joined at Fuwairat by some of the Tsa im ;
and the 'Ajman tribe carried off 450 camels from Qatar. In December
1881 Ahmad, a brother of the Shaikh of Bahrain, landed on the west
coast of Qatar with about 200 followers for purposes of sport, and
Shaikh Jasim sent a deputation from Dohah to welcome him and invite
him to an entertainment in the interior ; but Ahmad insisted that
Jasim should come in person to greet him where he was, and his wishes
were obeyed, after which he accompanied the Dohah Shaikh to a camp.
The strength of the Turkish detachment at Dohah at this time, whether
regular troops or gendarmes, was about 130 men.
]n April 188 i a raid was made by Bani Hajir Bedouins upon the 1884.
coast of Qatar, and a son of the shaikh of akrah was killed. In the
following month Shaikh Jasim began preparations for an expedition by
eea against the Bani Hajir in Dhahran, representing to the British officials
that he had obtained the sanction of the Turks and desired the leave of
the British Government also ; but his request was refused, and he
abandoned hie bellicose intentions. In July the "Ajman, who by threats
of attacking Dohah had made it impossible for the iuhabitaDts to proceed
as usual to the pearl fisheries, encountered a force of their enemies the
Manasir at the wells of Banaiyan in the Jafurah desert and were
defeated with much loss,—a result that gave great satisfaction to Shaikh
Jasim. In this engagement the Al Morrah and Bani Hajir tribes were
divided, some of each fighting upon either side.
In April 1885 a boat belonging to Wakrah was wrecked off 1885.
Fuwairat and plundered by the people of that village. In October
about 100 persons belonging to Wakrah emigrated with 10 boats to
Ghariyah in consequence of a quarrel with Shaikh Jasim, who in
December made an attack on Ghariyak, killing four of the inhabitants.
The Turkish gunboat " Mirrikh " toured upon the coast for some time
during the year.
In the following year a competitor with Shaikh Jasim for influence in Rivalry
Qatar appeared in the person of Muhammad-bin-'Abdul Wahhab, a
Turkish subject but son of the azirof Bahrain, who assumed the head- Muham-
ship of the Ghariyah settlement and who, from his intrigues with the mad-bin-
Turks, seemed to aim at supplanting Jasim in the Qaim-Maqamship of vVahhab,
Qatar. A suggestion by the officer in charge of the Turkish gunboat, 1886-87.
that the people of Gharivah should be allowed to live in peace under