"مختارات من سجلات حكومة بومباي" [‎١‎٥‎٣] (٧٣٣/١٩٥)

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wahabees.
Date.
Occurrences.
reduce it to great distress.
Its Imaum buys it off for one
lakh and forty thousand dollars. The Wahabees ' re
now in possession of nearly the whole sea coast on the
western frontier of Arabia.
a. d . 1803 The Wahabee ruler, Abdool Azeez, murdered (as he was
Nov - about to make the conquest of Oman) in his capital of
Deriah, whilst at evening prayers in a public place of
worship, by a religious fanatic, who is immediately killed
by his adherents, i aood succeeds his father as • ahabee
ruler.
1806 Saood takes the field with about -50,000 men ; first plunders
the Dufeeh, and then the Aneeza 1 ribe | proceeds and attacks
Meshid Ali, and aft rwards Seraowka, from both of which
places he is repulsed. He then proceeds to Zobeer, a few
miles from Bussora, upon which town local obstacles pre
vent his making any attempt, but which is nevertheless
thrown into great consternation.
The preponderance of the Wahabees completely established
in Oman.
Mecca and Jeddah taken, without opposition, by the Turkish
troops of Mahomed Ali Pasha, also Taif; thus the Wahabee
power in that part of Arabia is annihilated.
Saood dies on the 10th April, and is succeeded by his el lest
son, Abdoolla.
Ibrahim Pasha defeats the Wahabees at Manwiah, seven
stages from Deriah ; and, following up his success, invests
and reduces the city on the 10th September; destroys the
fortifications, town, and plantations of date trees, and
removes the inhabitants to Lahsa, the intended future seat
of his government.
Abdoolla bin Saood is taken prisoner, and sent off to Egypt.
Kateef, the principal Wahabee seaport, next surrenders to
the Turkish troops.
1824 Shaikh Toorkey, the son of Abdoolla bin Saood, collects a
considerable force, and marches against the Turkish pro
vinces to the westward, but is repulsed by Ahmed Pasha.
He soon after makes another attempt, and is successful.
Mar. 1830'|The Beni Khalid are outmanoeuvred, and attacked at disad
vantage by the "Wahabee forces, under Toorkey bin Saood
and his son Fysul, and are completely routed, their families,
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