'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎957] (1112/1782)

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The Wabhabi force sent to expel Bin-Mashari from Qatif afterwards
attempted to recapture Tarut from the Shaikh of Bahrain, but their efforts
were unavailing ; and the 'Utub at once retaliated by resuming- the block
ade of Qatif and ■'Oqair, which they had withdrawn.
At the middle of 1 836, Bahrain being now threatened by the Persians
and Najd by the Egyptians, the 'Utub and the Wahhabis found mutual
advantage in a settlement of their differences. The first overtures pro
ceeded from the Shaikh of Bahrain, but they were readily accepted by the
Amir ; the 'Utub placed themselves under the protection of the Wahhabis,
and the 'Atbi blockade of the Hasa coast was discontinued. In 1837,
the power of the Wahhabi Amir in Hasa being paralysed by a struggle
which had begun in Najd between himself and an Egyptian nominee
named Khalid, the ; Amair section of the Bani Khalid, along with some
Bani Hajir who had settled at Dammam under the protection of the
Utub of Bahrain, began to commit piracies on Qatif and Bahrain boats ;
but the Shaikh of Bahrain, having obtained the permission of the
British Resident at Bushehr, immediately took measures against them
and put an end to their depredations.
The second Egyptian occupation of Hasa, 1838-40.
At the close of 1838 the active operations of the Egyptian army in
Najd came to an end on the surrender of the Wahhabi Amir, Faisal-bin-
Turki, at Dilam in Kharj, whence he was sent a prisoner to Egypt.
Before this event a conspiracy among the 'Amair Bani Khalid at Hofuf
in favour of the Egyptians had been detected and severely punished by
the Wahhabi commander in Hasa, "'Umr-biu-'Ufaisan, who put three of
their principal men to death. On the fall of Dilam the Hasa and Qatif
Oases immediately submitted to the Egyptians, while the representative
of the Wahhabi Government sought an asylum in Bahrain; and the
Egyptians, throwing off their disguise as supporters of the pretender
Khalid, announced that their conquests were made in the name of
Muhammad 'Ali, Viceroy of Egypt. It is not clear whether Khurshid
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Egyptian general, whose headquarters during his occupation of
Najd were first at Sulaimiyah in Kharj and later at Tharmidah in
Washam, ever visited Hasa in person; but a regular Egyptian administra
tion was established there without delay, a garrison of 300 irregulars
being placed at Hofuf, and smaller posts at Qatif, Saihat and ""Oqair
upon the coast.
Failure of the
Wahhabis to
recover Tarut
and appropri
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Dammam
by the
Utub, 1836.
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between the
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