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43 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OP TUB PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL
In 1842 'Abdullab-bin-Tbaneyyan-bin-Ibrahim-bin-Tbaneyyan-bin-
Su'ood beaded a rising against KlnUid,
A.D. 1842.
who, with tbc few remaining Egyptian
troops, was ejected from Ri£dh.
In 1843 Feysal-bin-Toorkce having escaped from confinement ap-
A.D. 1843. pea red in Ncjd and succeeded in re-
Fcjsai.biu-Toorkcc. covering bis position as Amir. One
of the first steps be took was to prepare to send a force under Sa'eed-
bin-Mutlak to reduce 'Oman to obedience. When the Chiefs of 'Oman
appealed to the British to save them from subjection to the Wahdbee
Chief, they were informed that the previous policy of opposition to the
progress of the 'VVahhabees in their direction bad reference to extension
of the Egyptian power, and, as that was no longer apprehended, no in­
terference was contemplated on their behalf. Feysal having at the same
time made friendly overtures to the British Government, they were
responded to in the same spirit Nevertheless, when Sa'eed-bin-Mutlak,
the General and Agent of the Amir
A.D. 1815.
Feysal, threatened Muskat in the year
1845, he was met by a British naval demonstration on the Batinah Coast.
On this occasion the Regent of Muskat engaged to pay a yearly tribute of
5,000 dollars, and on that condition peace was concluded. The fort of
Btrreyinee continued in the occupation of the Wahabee Agent, a posi­
tion from which be could dominate the pirate coast and command the
passes to Eastern 'Oman. On one occa­
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sion in 1S48 the Chief of the Bcui-Yds
succeeded in ejecting the Wahabee garrison from Bereymee, but they
soon recovered it.
The province of El-IIasa was forced to submit to Feysal's authority,
having been reduced by 'Abdullah, the Amir's eldest son, reputed a
brave and skillful commander. In the west Jebel Shammer had
through the energy and ability of its Chief 'Abdullah-bin-Rashid been
permanently detached from the Wahabee possessions. Feysal himself
had his residence at Riaub, which town had been selected as capital by
Toorkee-bin-'Abdullah. The Amir at
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this period of his life was infirm and
obese, and suffered also from ophthalmia, which eventually deprived him
of sight.
When the Chief of Bahrain, Mohararaed-bin-Kbaleefah, received
the aid of the Wahabee Amir, he had agreed to pay a yearly tribute
of 4,000 dollars. In the year 1851 a
A.D. 1851.
quarrel arose between the Amir and
the Bahrain Chief, in consequence of which the former appeared in person
in^ El-Katr, and having detached the tribes of that district from the
'Uttoobee cause, threatened to occupy Bahrain Islands. This was pre-
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of Bntisb vessels of war, and an arrange­
ment was come to by which the town of El-Bida'a was restored to the
Bahrain Chief.
In 1852 the Amir's son 'Abdullah advanced to El-Bereymee
and threatened the B4tinah Coast. The
A.D. 1852.
British Resident, however, interposed*