'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎955] (1110/1782)

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the Bani Khalid Shaikhs were quickly brought to an end. A few
demonstrations against the Wahhabis were attempted by Muhammad ;
the surviving Bani Khalid Shaikh ; but they were feeble and ineffective.
Events during the second occupation of Hasa by the Wahhabis
1830-38.
From Hasa_, as a base^ the Wahhabi ruler at once sought to extend
his influence over the Bahrain Islands ; but his success in this direction
was by no means so complete or so permanent as in Hasa ; and the
friction with the J Utub of Bahrain which his ambition excited was
pit judicial to the tranquillity and economic well-being of the mainland.
When, in 1830, the Amir called upon the Shaikhs of Bahrain to
acknowledge their allegiance to himself, it was his intention to establish
Bashir-bin-Rahmah, a son of the deceased pirate Rahmah-bin-Jabir, at
Dam mam, as a check upon the ' U tub ; and the project was supported by
Saiyid Sa'id of 'Oman, who had harboured Bashir since the death of his
father in 1826, and who looked for his assistance in,case of a fresh
expedition from Masqat against Bahrain. In their settlement
with the 'Utub of Bahrain however, in 1831, the proposal relating to
Dammam was dropped by the Wahhabis; but almost immediately after,
at the intercession it would appear of Saiyid Sa^id, they gave Bashir
permission to settle on Tarut Island, opposite to the town of Qatif, and
to build himself a fort there at Darin. Bashir was shortly joined by a
majority of the A1 Bu Samait tribe, who had, like his own family, an
irreconcilable feud with the Shaikhs of Bahrain; but, having incurred
the enmity of the people of Qatif, he found himself unable, even with
the help of the A1 Bu Samait, to maintain his position at Darin ; and
in 1832, after destroying the fort that he had just built, he removed again
to Masqat with his immediate followers.
In 1831, encouraged by difficulties which had arisen in Najd between
Turki-bin-'Abdullah and one of his own relations who claimed the
Amirate of the Wahhabis, some Bani Khalid of the 'Amair section made
a simultaneous attack on Hofuf and Qatif, but without success.
A feud had meanwhile sprung up between the J Amair of Jinnah,
supported by some of the Sudan tribe, and the inhabitants of Qatif.
The original cause was the refusal of the Qatif people to continue pay
ment of certain blackmail claimed by the 'Amair; but feeling had been
Establish
ment of
IJaBliir-bin-
Eahmah on
Tarut Island,
1831-32.
Difficulties of
the Wahha
bis in Hasa,
1831-35.
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