"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎١‎٢‎٧] (١٧٨٢/١٢٩٨)

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1866; and by this measure the peace of the Trucial Coast, which the
tower had endangered^ was re-established.
On the 7th of April 1869 the Sadairi representative of the Wahhabi
Amir in Baraimi, haying proceeded to Sharjah and involved himself there
in the internal intrigues and dissensions of the ruling Qasimi family,
was shot dead in a broil which arose in the town, and a number of his
followers perished with him.
This event was shortly followed by the disappearance of the Wahhabis
from Baraimi, which they had occupied, almost continuously, for nearly
70 years. Probably before the death of the Wahhabi agent at Sharjah
a peremptory demand for payment of tribute had been addressed to
Saiyid ^Azzan-bin-Qtais, who had recently usurped the Sultanate of
'Oman, and a raid had been made by the Wahhabis on bohar;
consequently, when the Na'im of Baraimi, after the mishap to the agent,
invited Saivid ^Azzan to join them in expelling the W ahhabis from the
Oasis, he complied—being a man of bold and decided character without;
hesitation. On or about the 18th of June the Wahhabi garrison of
Baraimi surrendered, after a trifling resistance, to ' Azzan's force of about
1,500 men ; and the Saiyid, after installing a garrison and forming an
alliance with the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, returned in triumph to Masqat.
' Abdullah - bin - Faisal was not inclined to submit tamely to the loss of
Baraimi and, with it, of his whole position in Trucial 'Oman and 'Oman;
but various circumstances incapacitated him fov effective action for its
recovery. Early in 1870 'Abdullah came down to Hasa, where he pro
ceeded to collect a force; it was believed that large numbers of boats
were being collected by his order along the coasts of Hasa and Qatar
for an expedition to Trucial 'Oman and thence against Baraimi;
and subsequently the Amir himself was reported to have reached Oqair.
He was reminded, however, of his promise, given in 1866, not to
commit aggressions upon Arab states having friendly relations with
the British Government, and the overthrow by a British naval force
of some usurping chiefs who had seized Bahrain served as a timely
illustration of the dangers of a conflict with Britain, besides which he was
aware that the invasion of Bahrain, committed as it had been from the
coast of Hasa, might be laid to his charge by the British Government.
\ combination formed by the Shaikh of 'Abu Dhabi, the Amirs
rebellious brother Sa'ud, and Saiyid 'Azzan of Masqat greatly increased
the difficulty of his task in'Oman; and the dryness of the season
had made water scarce upon the routes by land from Hasa to Baraimi.
In April 1866, dispirited by these obstacles, 'Abdullah seems to have