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52 Ta’rikh Ba'd al-Hawadith, p. 105. The chief of Buraydah, al-Duraybi, executed his cousins A1
Hasan in 1153/1740. He, in turn, was killed a year later.
53 Ibn ‘Isa, Ta’rikh Ba'd al-Hawadith, pp. 29-30.
54 The historian and qadi Ibn Bassam (d. 1040/1631), al-Faqih Muhammad b. Isma‘il al-Hanbali
(d. 1059/1649), and Muhammad al-Qu$ayyir (d. 1108/1696) arc among the many names cited by
Ibn Bishr.
55 The inhabitants of Shaqra’ were praised by Ibn Bishr in ‘Unwan al-Majd (vol. 1, p. 40) as being
"ahl al-sabiqah fi al-Din”, and as the first in al-Washm to swear allegiance to the shaykh (Ibn ‘Abd
al-Wahhab) and Muhammad Ibn Su‘ud.
56 G. Rentz, “Al-‘Arid”, E.I., 2nd cd., vol. 1, p. 628.
57 Safar Name, translated by Yahya al-Khashahab under the title Rihlat Nasir Khusrii ilaLubnan
wa Filistin wa Misr wa al-Jazirah al-'Arabiyah fi al-Qam al-Khamis al-Hijn, 2nd cd. (Beirut: Da
al-Kitab al-Jadid, 1970), pp. 139-40.
58 Travels of Ibn Battuta, English trans. by H. Gibb, p. 353.
59 Ibn Bishr, 'Unwan al-Majd, vol. l,p. 198.
60 Lorimer, Gazetteer, vol. 2, p. 640.
61 G. Rentz, “Hawtah”, E.I., 2nd cd., vol. 3, p. 294.
62 Lorimer, Gazetteer, vol. 2, p. 25.
63 The former inhabitants were from the ‘Anazah tribe. It is also believed that al-Aflaj was the
original home of the ‘Utub of al-Bahrayn and al-Kuwayt.
64 Dabbagh,Jaziratal-'Arab, vol. l,p. 142.
65 Ibn Bishr, *Unwan al-Majd, vol. 1, p. 72.
66 Ibn Bishr,'Unwan al-Majd, vol. 1, p. 97.
67 The district of al-Yamamah under the ‘Abbasid caliphate comprised the areas of al-‘Arid and
al-Kharj and their surrounding communities. At present, the name “al-Yamamah” is given to a
small town in al-Kharj province.
68 Al-Tabari, Ta’rikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk, vol. 11, p. 1357. (Tabari, Ta’rikh, 14 volumes,
reprinted Tehran Jahan, 1965) Tabari also states that Bugha kept urging them to resume
obedience to the Commander of the faithful, but that they refused.
69 Ibid, p. 1361.
70 Ibn Hazm,JamharatAnsab al-'Arab, (Cairo: Dar al-Ma’arif, 1382/1962), p. 46.
71 Safar Name, p. 124.
72 Hamad al-Jasir, al-Riyad'abr al-Ta’nkh, (Riyad: Manshurat Dar al-Yamamah, 1386/1966), p.
73 Ibn Bishr, 'Unwan al-Majd, vol. 1, p. 36.
74 Al-‘Isami, Simt al-Nujum, vol. 4, p. 369. Al-‘Isami states that the Sharif used artillery in his
operations against Kharj and Yamamah. Ibn ‘Isa, Ta’nkh Ba'd Hawadith, p. 56, describes the
Sharif s invasions of several villages in Sudayr and al-Washm as striking in horror.
75 It is unlikely that Hasan Abu Numayy (1566-1601) or his successors had either the will or
ability to extend their power over the remoter areas of Najd.
76 Al-Tsami, Simt al-Nujum, vol. 4, p. 268; Ibn Bishr, 'Unwan al-Majd, vol. 1, p. 28.
77 Unlike the chiefs of al-Hasa, who directed their attacks at the Bedouins, the Sharifs of Makkah
directed their activities against the townspeople.
78 Ibn Bishr, 'Unwan al-Majd, vol. 1, p. 36.
79 Ibn Bishr states that al-‘Uyaynah reached its peak under ‘Abd Allah b. Mu'ammar; see 'Unwin
al-Majd, vol. l,p. 102.
80 Al-Muridi came from al-Hasa. See Ibn Bishr, 'Unwan al-Majd, p. 24; see also Ibn ‘Isa, Ta nkh
ba'd al-Hawadith, p. 17.
81 Ibn Lu‘bun, Ta’rikh, p. 31. On the gradual growth of the Muridi family, consult Ibn Bishr,
'Unwan, vol. 1, pp. 102-4; Philby, Arabia (London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1955), pp. 8-11.
82 Lam' al-Shihab, p.22.
83 Ibn Ghannam, Rawdat al-Afkar, vol. 2, p. 3.
84 Al-Jasir, Madinat al-Riyad, p. 42.
85 Ibn Bishr, 'Unwan al-Majd, vol. 1, p. 48.
86 Ibid.

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