"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎١‎١‎٤] (١٧٨٢/١٢٨٥)

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treasure which he made by sea to Hasa no doubt contributed to restore
him to favour.
1848. In May J 848 the Baraimi forts were captured by the Shaikh of Abu
Dhabi, assisted by the ruler of the Sohar principality and bv the Na'im
and Dhawahir tribes ; and Sa'ad-bin-Mutlaq, who had been absent when
the attack began, took refuge with the Shaikh of Sharjah. Tribal
jealousy then came into play, and the Shaikhs of Trucial 'Oman as a
whole turned against the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi; but the latter defied
the combination against him and continued to hold Raraimi until
February 1849, when he voluntarily restored it to the Wahhabis at
the intercession of an envoy sent by the Sharif of Makkah.
850-51. In March 1850 the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, after communication with
the regent of the 'Oman Sultanate, again attacked the Wahhabis in
Baraimi, but this time he failed to make any impression; and an assault
on the place, made in the following November by a combination of
the Bani Yas, Qawasim and Na'im, was equally unsuccessful. In
ISol the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi and Sharjah formed an alliance against
the Wahhabis; but nothing came of it.
852-53. At the end of 1852 'Abdullah, the son of the Wahhabi Amir,
arrived in Baraimi ; but his proceedings there, as will be seen in the
next section, had reference chiefly to the 'Oman Sultanate. The
chiefs of Trucial 'Oman, however, except the Shaikh of Dibai, who
avoided waiting on him in person, and the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi/ who
did his best to dissuade him from aggression to the eastwards, visited
Baiaimi and fawned upon him in a servile manner.
So 4 -55. A certain Ahmad-as-Sadairi was appointed about this time to the
Wahhabi agency in Baraimi, in succession to Sa'ad-bin-Mutlaq. In
18o4 this individual appeared to be exerting himself tu restrain the
Shaikhs of Trucial 'Oman from mutual aggressions and to curb the
license of the Bedouins; but in 1855 his activities took a mischievous
turn, and it was found that he was scheming to obtain possesion of
the seaboard village of Hamriyah. In 1865 the Wahhabis were repre
sented at Baraimi by Turki-bin-Ahmad, probably a son of Ahmad-as-
Sadain, but his attention was directed chiefly to the affairs of the 'Oman
Sultanate.
In 1855, in a correspondence with the British Resident at Bflshehr,
. e -™ r Falstt | described his mission in Tracial 'Oman as that of«
benefactor by whom the savage tribes of the interior were restrained
rom preying upon and slaughtering the helpless populations of the