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with the assistance of the Shaikh of Kuwait, as related elsewhere,
a Turkish force was despatched to occupy Hasa and advance into Central
Arabia.
The details of the campaign and of the subsequent proceedings of the
Tuiksaie given at length in the history of Hasa. Their disembarkation
took place at Kas Tanurah on the 26th of May 1871, and Qatif town fell
upon the 3rd, and Dammam upon the 5th of June ; at the latter place
Abdul Aziz, a son of the Amir Sa^ud, escaped capture by the Turks but
left behind him in his tlight the prisoner Muhammad-bin-Faisal, whom
the Turks set at liberty; and it was proclaimed at Qatif by Nafiz Pasha,
the commandei of the Turkish forces, that the object of the expedition was
to restore the authority of the " Qaim-Maqam" 'Abdullah in Najd, and
that Sa'ud and his adherents would be pardoned if they submitted. In
July the Hasa Oasis was occupied by the Turkish troops without oppo
sition, but the impossibility of their advancing across the deserts to
Riyadh was now apparent, and Hofuf became the permanent head
quarters of the army of occupation.
After invoking the help of the Turks 'Abdullah must have returned to
Najd, for, when the Turkish troops were overrunning Hasa, the Amir
Sa ud was reported to be besieging 'Abdullah in a fort in the Kharj
district. 'Abdullah, to whose cause the Qahtan tribe still adhered, was at
length obliged to fly from Kharj; and, when he again encountered Sa'ud
to the west of Riyadh, it was with unfavourable results. The Amir then
obtained possession oi the capital, and 'Abdullah, excusing himself by the
insecurity of the routes in the interior for not having made an earlier
appearance, joined Xafiz Pasha in Hasa; but he soon discovered that the
object of the Turks was something quite different from his own restoration
to power. In October, after being placed under surveillance and pressed
to resign, 'Abdullah fled from the Ottoman camp with his son Turki, and
retired to Najd, whither his brother Muhammad had preceded him. The
Amir Sa'ud, who probably hoped to supersede 'Abdullah as the Turkish
nominee, carefully abstained from hostilities against the troops in Hasa.
Much discontent had been excited at Riyadh by the high-handed pro
ceedings of Sa'ud's Bedouins, and the Amir's uncle 'Abdullah-bin-Turki
availed himself of the general indignation to seize and hold the capital.
Muhammad then wrote to the Turkish commander at Hofuf, received
in return some money and supplies, and was honoured by being appointed
Mudir of Riyadh under the Qaim-Maqam 'Abdullah. The Amir Sa'ud,
incensed by these proceedings, then^broke with the Turks and attacked
them in Hasa with a force drawn from the 'Ajman, Al Morrah and
The Turkish
operations in
Hasa, 1871.
Movements
of the Wah-
habi leaders,
1871.
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