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Relations between the Shaikhs and the Wahhabis, 1830-1836 357

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General history frdm the peace with the Saiyid of 'Oman to the
arrival of the Egyptians inHasa, 1830-1838.

A little later commanding influence was re-established in Iiasa, gabraiPftion
where the power of the Central Arabian dynasty had for a time been o^tho^ ^
in abeyanoe, by the Wahhabi Amir Turki-bin-Sa'ud; and effects of Bahrain to
this change upon the position of the Shaikhs of Bahrain were instantly the Wahhlbi
Amir, 1880-
porceptible. 1831.
At the end of 1S30 the Wahhabis presented the Shaikhs with a
demand for payment of Zakat and of compensation to the amount of
?40,000 on account of horses left under tho charge of Shaikh 'Abdullah
by the Wahhabis many years before, and for cession of the fort of
Dammam upon the coast of Iiasa ; at Dammam they proposed to locate
Bashir, a sou of Iluhmah-bin-Jabir, the former deadly onemy of the 'Utub
of Bahrain. The Shaikhs of Bahrain endeavoured to obtain the interven­
tion of the British authorities in their favour; but, failing in this and
having reason to fear a combination between the Wahhabis and Saiyid
Sa'id of Masqat, they 6ent a near relation to treat on their behalf at
Riyadh. In tho end it was settled that the supremacy of the Amir
should be acknowledged, and that Zakat should be paid ; but tho transfer
of Dammam appears to have been waived by the Wahhabis in considera­
tion of the 'Utub having made their submission. Tho Amir in return un­
dertook to protect Bahrain against external aggression but their
intentions wcio distrusted by the Shaikhs, chiefly on account of their