Reviews of A Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 1862-63 by William Gifford Palgrave, Published 1865 [‎15v] (30/42)

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Palgrave^ Arabia,
But a few leagues farther on at Koreyn lay gathered the great force
of Nejed with 'Abd-Allah at its head; second in command was the
invincible Harith, described by tradition as the fiercest among all
Wahhabee leaders of old or of recent times.
£ A tremendous battle, recalling that of Khalid and Moseylemah,
here took place. It is said to have lasted two days, and to have been
only decided by the Egyptian field-pieces on the afternoon of the
second. Harith with his lancers broke through the enemy's lines, and
reached the Basha himself; but just as the sword of the Nejdean was
raised to put an end to the war at one blow, a Circassian came behind
him in the melee, and with a drawing stroke of his sabre cut through
the Arab's loins. Harith fell dead from his horse, but his companions
undiscouraged continued the fray till night parted the combatants.
The dreams of Ibraheem Basha are reported to have been long
haunted by the memory of his imminent personal danger on that day,
and for. years after he would often start from sleep exclaiming the
name of Harith.
4 At last the artillery, which had been dragged up a commanding
height, did its work. 'Abd-Allah with his broken troops retreated to
entrench himself in Derey'eeyah, and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haneefah lay open to the
Egyptians. They advanced, but cautiously, and after dispersing a
few troops left to check their way, came before the capital.'
This account must be derived from some Arab storyteller : at
all events it is a pure fiction. No such battle was fought by the
armies of Ibraheem and Abdallah at Koreyn or anywhere else.
Except occasional skirmishes, and some affairs of cavalry, of
which neither party had any considerable force, no contest occurred
in the field. Abdallah retired as Ibraheem advanced, and neither
attempted to raise the siege of any one of the fortified towns which
were successively attacked, nor to defend the passes leading to
Dereeyah. The Egyptian army marched from Shakra to Doroma
without encountering almost any opposition, and, having taken
Doroma and slaughtered its inhabitants, proceeded over difficult
passes to Dereeyah without encountering any opposition what
ever. The frightful episode of Doroma, to which we have
already referred, Mr. Palgrave does not allude to.
Abdallah, after his surrender, was treated with a sort of
chivalrous courtesy by his conqueror, and was sent a prisoner to
Egypt with strong assurances, though, it is believed, without
any positive promise, that his life at least was safe. In Egypt
he was treated with consideration and even with kindness by
Mahomed Alee, who forwarded him to Constantinople. There,
after having been paraded in the streets for some days as a
show to the populace, he was put to death, with all his Wahabee
attendants, near the mosque of St. Sophia.
The Egyptian troops spread over the country towards the
Persian