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UTTOOBEES—WAHABEES.

Date.
Occurrences.

a. d. 1844 He proceeds towards Damaum, and endeavours to throw
supplies into the beleaguered fort, now driven to the 1Z
extremity for provisions; but fails, is himself chased and
takes refuge at Koweit. ’
Damaum capitulates, and is garrisoned by Wahabee troops.
April. The ex-chief revisits Bushire, and has an interview with the
Resident on the sea shore
about three miles from the town,
on the subject of certain overtures made to him by the
Wahabee luler. I lie British Resident declines interfering.
The ex-chief proceeds to Nabend, on the Persian Coast.
Mahomed bin Khaleefa, the de facto ruler, is required to pay
the value of that portion of the property plundered from the
Charrak boat, which had fallen to the share of the Suloota,
who had abandoned the cause of his opponent, and become
his adherents. He accedes without hesitation.

WAHABEES.

Date. Occurrences.

A. D. The Wahabees take Lahsa, and annihilate the power of the
1795-97 Beni Khalid Arabs ; threaten Bussora, and excite the fears
of the Turkish Governor of Bagdad, who despatches an
Arab force against them, under the command of Shaikh
Sweynee, Chief of the Montafig, who is killed, and the
expedition fails.
1799 A Turkish force is sent from Bagdad against the Wahabees,
and a battle on the eve of being fought, when Abdool
Azeez, the commander of the latter, hearing of the death
of his father, the Wahabee Chief, submits to proposals of
peace. Abdool Azeez succeeds his father.
influence established throughout the who e
1800-02 The Wahabee
coast from Bussora river to Dibbah, the boundary between
the Muskat and Joasmee territories.
many
1802 Kerbelah attacked and pillaged by the Wahabees, an
of the inhabitants cruelly massacred ^^QnVQTt that

1803 The Wahabees take Mecca; occupy • invest Jeddah, and
fertile region into an absolute desert