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27. In tho year 1822 it wa9 reported from Nejd that Mahommod Ali
Pasha had posted a dotnchraent of cavalry
A.D. 1822. in Aneyza, and had ordered the walls
of El-der’eyyah to bo rebuilt. During the same year nows came of tho
massacre of a Turkish garrison at Riadh
Resurrection of Wahabis, 1824*30.
by the Arabs.
28. In the winter of 1823-24 Turki-bin-Adullak-bin Mahommed-bin
1823-24. Su’ood, commonly known as Turki*
Turki-bin-Abdullah. bin-Saud, headed a successful risinsr of
the Arabs and possessed himself of El-Riadh, where there was an Egyptian
detachment under Abdullah-bin-Nasir El'Ayathce. Having sent off these men
to Medina, Turki consolidated his power in Nejd, and was recognized as
Amir by most of the Central Arabian tribes.
29. For' some years Turki-bin-Abdullah was engaged in hostilities
against the Beni-Khalid of El-Hasa, the
persistent opponents of the "Wahabis,
and eventually in 1829 inflicted on them a dcoisive defeat, when El-Hasa was
occupied by the Wahabis and the Beni-Khalid Shaikhs were expelled.
During all these proceedings Turki had continued to pay a tribute to
Mahornmed Ali Pasha, who accorded
A.D. 1830.
countenance to his action.
30. In the year 1831 the 8ultan of Maskat made overtures to the
Wahabi Amir with a view to receiv­
ing the Government of the islands of
Bahrein as the tributary of the Amir. The latter however preferred to
receive the tribute for Bahrein from the Uttubi Sheikhs. At this period
the whole line of coast as far as Ras-el-Hadd was dominated by the
Wahabi, and rendered tribute. Turki-bin-Abdullah made friendly overtures to
the Government of Bombay, which were politely acknowledged and led to no
further result.
31. In the year 1834 the Chief of Bahrein threw off allegiance to tho
Wahabi, and even ventured to blookade
A.D. 1834.
El-Katif and Ojair.
82. In 1834 the career of Turki-bin-Abdullah was cut short by his
murder by a relative named Mashari, who was in turn put to death by Fcysal,
the son of the Amir Turki, and Feysal became the recognized Chief of tho
Wahabis.
33. In the year 1836 we find reoord of the Governor of Mecca, Ahmed
Pasha, attempting to assert his authority
A. D.1836.
by giving a lease of the customs of El-
Katif to a merchant of Bahrein, but Feysal-bin-Turki promptly put a stop
to the arrangement.
34. It was stated that on his return from Nejd, Ibrahim Pasha took with
him several of Abdullah-bin-Saud’s
Beoond Turkish expedition, 1830-40.
brothers, amongst them Khalid-bin-
Saud. ^ Another brother named Mesbari is said to have for a time claimed
the Chiefship, and to have been seized and put to death by the Turks. Khalid
and the others, however, were kindly treated and granted allowances in Egypt.
Finding Feysal-bin-Turki refractory, Mahomed Ali Pasha resolved on
installing Khalid-bin-Saud as tributary ruler of Nejd, and sent him with a
force under command of Isma’il Bey who had orders to assist him to make good
his authority. As Khalid had numerous adherents amongst the Arabs, Feysal
had to retire to El-Hasa, and Khalid with bis Egyptian auxiliaries took pos­
session of El-Dor’eyyah and El-Riadh. Some hostilities ensued, but on the
arrival of Khorshcod Pasha with further reinforcements, Feysal was so hard-
pressed that he surrendered himself and was sent a prisoner to Cairo.
6. Kborsheed Pasha then cast aside Khalid who had been merely a tool
m the bands of the Egyptian Commanders, and having established tho