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^n'd endeavoured to raise a rebellion against tbe Turks. Katif was closely
invested Bedouin bands by land and sea, and owed its relief primar
ily to tbe appearance off the coast of the British gun-boat Culture,
cruising against pirates. Reinforcements were afterwards sent from 1
Basrah and Baghdad and the insurrection was quelled. 'A 1 garrison, com
posed mainly of regular troops, was stationed at Hasa and a Turkish
Governor was posted there.
The sons of Saud, having thus failed in their attempt against the
Turks, united with their uncle Abdulla to make the best of their isolated
position at Riadh and other districts in Nejd. Abdulla bin Faisal was
recognized as Imam, or religious head, of the Wahabis of Riadh’, and
the military power was entrusted to his nephew Muhammad bin Saud. ,
In 1882 hostilities occurred between Abdulla bin Faisal and the A*mir
of Jabal Shammar, Muhammad bin Rashid, which broke out again in
subsequent years and led to important changes in Nejd.
In 188G the sons of Saud bin Faisal seized and imprisoned their
uncle Abdulla bin Faisal, and Muhammad bin Saud assumed the title
of Amir; whereupon Muhammad bin Rashid marched upon Riadh, which'
he captured, and reinstated Abdulla as nominal Chief of the Wahabis
with the title of Imam. Abdulla was, however, taken to Hail and Bin
Rashid placed an agent of his own at Riadh. Three sons of Saud bin
Faisal continued to reside at Kharj near Riadh until 1888, when they
were put to death by order of Muhammad bin Rashid, whose authority
thus became paramount throughout Nejd. In 1889 the Imam Abdulla
was permitted to return to Riadh, where he died some years later.
For the next thirteen years the power of the Rashid rulers of Hail'
remained paramount in Central Arabia. Abdur Rahman bin Faisal
made an incursion during which he captured Riadh in 1891, but he was
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soon dispossessed and his family
petty rulers of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
In 1897 Mohamed bin Rashid died and was succeeded by his nephew
Abdul Aziz, who was soon embroiled with Shaikh Mubarak of Kuwait..
The latter, who had advanced into the centre of Arabia, met with de
feat; but in 1901 Abdul Aziz, son of Abdur Rahman bin Faisal an’d
commonly known by the family patronymic of Bin Saud, who was a
refugee in Kuwait, suddenly made a surprise attack on Riadh, which he
captured: and from that moment the fortunes of the Bin Saud family
revived. Abdur Rahman bin Faisal stood aside in favour of his son
Abdul Aziz (Bin Saud), who resisted all the attempts of Bin Rashid
to turn him out of Riadh, and in 1903 made his first overtures to the
Resident at Bushire. The next year^e captured Buraidah and again
defeated Bin Rashid, though the latter had the assistance of 2,o00 Tuiks.
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