'Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part I Historical and Political Materials, Précis of Nejd [Najd] Affairs, 1804-1904' [‎15] (28/72)

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57. As a result apparently of this correspondence, the Indian Navy made
a strong demonstration off the Batina
Betuit of the invasion. Coast, and the Kesident in tlie Persian
Gulf addressed forcible remonstraDces both to Peysalat Kiadhand to his Lieute-
' rant at Beraymi. These measures proved successful; satisfactory replies were
received from the Wabahis, and the storm blew over. The Maskat Government
agreed to pav Teysal an annual tribute of 5,000 crowns; 2,000 crowns were
afso oiven as a present to Syud-bin-Mntluk, and for these considerations the
Wahabis evacuated the fort of Mujees and retired. Beraymi still remained m
Wahabi occupation, but Syud -bin-Mutluk's popularity among the neighbouring
Arabs.was short-lived, and bis position there became frequently one of danger.
XV.—Wahabi attempt on Bahrein, 1847—1851.
58. During the seven years succeeding the events just noticed, the only
instances of Wahabi aggression in the direction of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. appear
to be two displays of pressure on the Chief of Bahrein, the hrst in U47, and
the second in 1851. On the latter occasion the Resident m the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
acting upon what he believed to be the wish of Her Majesty s Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, despatched the entire Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron to
Bahrein with instructions to interfere forcibly, if necessary. And the step
•was a salutary one, for without it Bahrein would certainly have fallen into
Fevsal's w rasp : as it was, Feysal found himself obliged to make peace with
the Chief. It seems too as if from this time forward Eeysal adopted a mil0 |j
more conciliatory tone in the not unfrequent communications that followed
between himself and the Resident.
59. A letter of this period from the Resident is of some interest as showing
the designs upon Arabia then entertained by either the Ottoman Porte or, as
is more probable, Abbas Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the half-crazy debauchee who succeeded
Mahomed Ali in Egypt. Colonel Hennell speaks of the probable acquisition of
Bahrein bv the Wahabis as being tantamount to its acquisition by the^ Porte,
and iustifies this assertion by the following considerations the Amir pays
a regular tribute to the Turkish Government; there are accredited envoys from
Abbas Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in the Amir's camp; the Wahabi Agent at Koweit (a 1 urkish
port) passes himself off as an envoy from the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Egypt; there are
Turkish emissaries along the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and Turkish
steamers are in course of equipment for service in the Gulf.
XVI.—Invasion of Oman by Abdnllah son of Feysal—Treaty between
Maskat and the Wahabis, 1852—1863.
60, In 1852 during the absence of the Imam of Maskat in his African
possessions, and while his incompetent son, Syud Thoweyni (the present Imam),
was conducting the Government of Maskat, the Wahabis once more appeared
in threatening force on the frontier. The time was well chosen; for there
were disturbances and dissensions throughout all the Maskat territory especially
in Batimah, where the Imam had recently seized the Chiefship of Sohar under
circumstances of singular treachery. The W ahabi^ leader, who this time was
Fevsal's son and heir-apparent, Abdullah, " came in the character of arbiter
and redresser of wrongs suffered by his children (the Sheikhs) in Oman. ^ He
took up his position at Beravmi and summoned the Chiefs to attend him.
As on the former occasion, the Arab tribes flocked to pay him their allegiance
and offer service. Abdullah at once " sent forth demands for the _ immediate
cession of Sohar and the payment of tribute so large in am ount that it was plain
he sought but a pretext, in the refusal that must of necessity follow, to attack
and lay waste the districts of Batinah." The state of Maskat was indeed m
imminent peril. But now the British Resident appeared on the scene, and by
dint of calling the Joasmi Chief sharply to order, remonstrating with Abdullah,
and sending a vessel of war to cruise along the Arabian Coast, he enabled Syud
Thoweyni to enter into negotiations with the invader. The result was a Treaty
of alliance offensive and defensive between the two parties, "whereby the
Maskat Government agreed to pay to the TV ahabi Amir an annual tribute