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reduce il to great distress. Its Imaum buys it ofT for one
lakh and forty thousand dollars. The Wahabees \v re
now in possession of nearly the whole sea coast on the
western frontier of Arabia. 1
a. d. 1803 The Wahabce ruler, Abdool Azeez, murdered (as he was
Nov.
about to make the conquest of Oman) in his capital of
Deriah, whilst at evening prayers in a public place of
worship, by a religious fanatic, who is immediately killed
by his adherents. Laood succeeds his father as •». ahabee
ruler.
1806 Saood takes the field with about 50,000 men ; first plunders
the Dufech, and then the xineeza Tribe; proceeds and attacks
Meshid Ali, and afterwards Semowka, from both of which
places he is repulsed. He then proceeds to Zobeer, a few
miles from Bussora, upon which town local obstacles pre­ #
vent his making any a1 tempt, but which is nevertheless
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thrown into great consternation.
1808 The preponderance of the Wahabees completely established
in Oman.
1811-12 Mecca aud Jeddah taken, without opposition, by the Turkish
troops of Mahomed Ali Pasha, also Taif; thus the Wahabee
power in that part of Arabia is annihilated.
1814 Saood dies on the 10th April, and is succeeded by his eldjst
son, Abdool la.
1817 Ibrahim Pasha defeats the Wahabees at Manwiah, seven
stages from Deriah ; and, following up his success, invests
1818 and reduces the city on the 10th September; destroys the
fortifications, town, and plantations of date trees, and
removes the inhabitants to-Lahsa, the intended future seat
of his government.
Abdoolla bin Saood is taken prisoner, and sent off to Egypt.
Kateef, the principal Wahabee seaport, next surrenders to
the Turkish troops.
1824
Shaikh Toorkey, the son of Abdoolla bin Saood, collects a
considerable force, and marches against the Turkish pro­
vinces to the westward, but is repulsed by Ahmed Pasha,
He soon after makes another attempt, and is successful.
Mar. 1830 The Beni Khalid are outmanoeuvred, and attacked at disad­
vantage by the Wahabee forces, under Toorkey bin Saood
and his son Fysul, and are completely routed, their families,

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