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lu 1879, in consequence of raids committed by some of the Baui
Khalid about Qatif, Sa'id Pasha with the gunboat " Iskanderia"
visited and destroyed one of their forts, apparently that of Qasr Al
Subaih upon the coast to the northwards, after which the guilty section
submitted and g -ave hostages for their future good behaviour. The
Mutasarrif was unable, however, to make any impression on the maraud
ing Bani Hajir ; and a respectable merchant of Hasa was at this time
waylaid and murdered by Zaid-bin-Muhammad, the well-known pirate
belonging to that tribe.
In 18^0 the 'Ajman tribe attacked the Hasa Oasis, expecting to take
the Turkish garrison at a disadvantage ; but the Commandant, who had
been apprised of their intentions, gaA C them a warm reception, killing
60 of the 'Ajman and capturing two of their Shaikhs The civil
M utusarrif, Abdul (vhani Pasha, seems to have been locallv considered
accountable for this incident; and, as already mentioned, the military
authorities in Hasa even proceeded so far as to place him under arrest
on some charge arising from the affair. On his return to the province
in 1 881, ba id Pasha tried to induce the chiefs of the 'Ajman to return
to Hasa, whence they had fled; but for some time they refused to be
cajoled.
Duiing several years after this, the province enjoyed peace ; but about
1890 disturbances again became rife; and at length, in 1890 or 1891, a
large date caravan was plundered by Bedouins of the Al Morrah, Bam
Hajir, and other tribes. This necessitated a temporary withdrawal of
the tiibal subsidies paid by the Turkish Government; and several
camelmen were executed in connection with the raid. 'Akif Bey, the
Mutasarrif at the time, seems to have advocated the formation of a
came corps^to deal with the Bedouins and to escort caravans between
Hofuf and Oqaii ; and he also proposed the establishment of a number
of posts, some of which were sanctioned.
tj C011se( l uence of these arrangements, travellers by the
r«Q 0qair r0ad passed mimolested durin g the rest of 1891 and part of
'2, but on the 14th of May 1892 a very serious outrage was
committed by 800 Bedouins of the Manasir, Bani Hajir and Al Morrah
nbes, who attacked a caravan proceeding under an escort of 25 Turkish
so icrs rom Hofuf to 'Oqair, killed 15 and wounded 10 persons, carried
off cash and goods to the value of Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 20,000 respectively,
p undeied 40 pilgrims who were marching with the caravan
erous robbeiies, attributed to the Bani Hajir and Al Morrah, began
ur in the vicnity of Hofuf ; and the townspeople no longer dared