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WAHABEES.

6. It was not, however, until the following year, that the Kia Pacha
proceeded with a large army on an expedition
a. d. 1793.
against Lahsa and Deri ah, the principal towns
belonging to the Wahabces; and with the view also of observing the
conduct of several Arab Tribes inhabiting the country between Bussora
and the south-eastern shore of the Persian Gulf, the predatory incur­
sions of the Wahabee Arabs having extended to the banks of the
Euphrates, and the vicinity of Hilla, situated on that river, fifty miles
from Bagdad.
7. On the Pacha’s arrival at Moghil, on the 2nd of December, great
preparations were made by the Muslccm for co-operating in the
expedition, in which the Bussora, Grane, and Montific Arabs were to
join. Bussora was at this time threatened by the Imaum of Muskat,
on account of some ancient claims on the Pacha of Bagdad ; and to
enable him to execute his hostile intentions, the Imaum had negotiated
a peace with his formidable enemy, Suggur bin Rashid, the Joasmee
Chief.
8. The Pacha of Bagdad remonstrated against the conduct of the
Imaum to our Resident, through whose mediation a satisfactory accom­
modation took place between the Pacha, the Imaum, and the Shaikh
of Ras-ool-Khyma.
9. The Turkish troops having proceeded against the Wahabees, a
battle was on the eve of being fought, when
a. d. 1799.
Abdool Azecz, the son of the Wahabee Shaikh,
who commanded the Wahabee force, heard of the death of his father ;
an event which threw his troops into the greatest consternation, and
drove him to the extremity of submitting to proposals of peace, which
was ultimately concluded, when the Turkish army returned to
Bagdad.
10. Abdool Azeez, having succeeded his father as Shaikh of the
Wahabees, now threatened to invade Oman.
A. d. 1800.
Syud Sultan proceeded to Julfar (Ras-ool-
Khyma), where he joined Shaikh Suggur, the Joasmee Chief, with the
view of opposing the attack, which was, however, arrested by a peace
concluded between the Wahabees and the Imaum.
11. The influence of Abdool Azeez in the following year was
established over the Uttoobee Arabs. On the
A. D. 1801.
conquest of Bahrein by the Imaum, the Uttoobee
Shaikhs quitted the island, and proceeded with their followers to Zo-
bara, and solicited the protection of the Wahabee Shaikh, who en­
couraged them to settle at that place, for the purpose of employing them
against Bahrein, in the recovery of which he assisted the Uttoobecs in
the beginning of 1802.