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                                  UTTOOBEE TJRIBE OF ARABS.—BAHREIN.


                           Date.
                                                             Occurrences.
                        A. D. 1716 The Beni Subah, A1 Yalahimah and A1 Ivlialccfa, consider­
                                     able tribes of Arabs, the first under Shaikh Soleyman bin
                                     Ahmed, the second under Jaubir bin Uttoobee, and the
                                     third under Khaleefa bin Mahomed, enter into a compact,
                                     and take possession of Koweit, belonging to the Persians.
                         1766-75
                                   Khaleefa bin Mahomed, with a portion of his tribe, passes
                                     over and settles at Zobara, where, after gradually drawing
                                     over the rest of his own tribe, completely separating him­
                                     self from the other two, he establishes his independence.
                                  The Yalahimah, shortly after expelled from the port and
                                     town of Koweit by the Beni Subah, seek and obtain the
                                     protection of their kinsmen at Zobara. Quarrelling in a
                                     few years, they quit Zobara, and take up their residence
                                     at Ravcish, a barren spot, a short distance eastward of
                                     Zobara.
                                  A desperate feud arises between the tribes, which terminates
                                     in the almost total destruction of the Yalahimah.
                          1776    On the attack of Bussora by the Persians, some of the mer­
                                     chants of that place, and one of the Shaikhs of Koweit, with
                                     many of the principal people, retire to Zobara, and the
                                     power, wealth, and influence of the Beni Khaleefa rapidly
                                     increase.
                          1777    The fears and jealousy of Shaikh Nassir, the Persian Go-
                                     vernor of Bushire and Bahrein, are thereby excited,     His
                                     repeated attempts, however, to reduce Zobara, are
                                     ineffectual.
                         1782-83  On the death of Kureem Khan, and the warfare and confu­
                                     sion which ensue, the Zobara Arabs make a descent upon
                                     Bahrein, compel Shaikh Nassir to retire to the fort, and,
                                                                                        return to
                                     having plundered and destroyed the town,
                                     Zobara.                                           .
                                  A military force, in a large fleet from the Persian oas ,
                                     blockade Zobara, and, after some fruitless and unsuccessful
                                     negotiations on the part of the Arabs, assisted by ****
                                     Rashid, of Ras-ool-Khyma, land to storm the place; Du ,
                                     resolutely attacked by an unexpectedly large orce,








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