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from Great Britain in the near future, found, when next, faced with an emergency,
that H.M. Government had decided to withdraw entirely from any interference in
the internal affairs of the Arabian peninsula.
I Summary, 1824-1840.
60 . Between 1824 and 18ol the Wahabi Amirs re-established their control over
Hasa. By 1833 the}^ had established themselves at Baraimi, and in general control
of drucial Oman.^ Between 1836 and 1839 they were for the second time decisively
defeated by the Egyptians, the Wahabi Amir taken prisoner and the Wahabi power
temporarily destroyed. Baraimi was recaptured by the Beni Naim about 1838.
1 hanks to Butish pressure, efforts by the Egyptians through a former Wahabi
agent to establish themselves in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in 1839-40 were defeated.
1840-1870-71.
From ihe withdrawal of the Egyttians from Hasa to the Turkish Conquest of Ha sa
Amir Khalid, 1840—September 1841.
Amir Abdulla bin Soneyan, September 1841—June 1842.
Amir Feisal bin Turki {second reign), 1842-1865.
Amir Abdulla bin Feisal, 1865-1871.
64. For a year at the beginning of this period the Egyptian nominee Khalid
remained m control. He was overthrown in September 1841 by Abdulla bin
Soneyan, likewise a member of the ruling Wahabi family. Abdulla was himself
overthrown m May-June of 1842 by the ex-Amir Feisul bin Turki, who had now
been released by the Egyptians and who thus regained the Wahabi Amirate, which
he held until his death in 1865. During this period the Wahabis re-established
themselves m Nejd and Hasa and to a considerable extent regained their influence
m Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , though from 1853 to 1865 it was less marked than it had been in
the past. They repeatedly conducted aggressions against the Sultan of Muscat,
but their relations with H.M. Government were on the whole good, although HAL
Government found it necessary to prevent them from aggression against Bahrein
m 1851 and 1859, against the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in 1855, and against Muscat in 1852
and 1865-66. The following are the main features in the relations of the Wahabi
Amirs with their neighbours in Eastern Arabia and with the British Government
during the period in question.
Muscat and the Wahabis, 1840-1870.
65. Sa’ad bin Mntlak, the Wahabi Lieutenant, established himself at Baraimi
in 1845 and gave indications of an intention of taking active steps against the Lor. I 1113-
Sultan of Muscat. A protest was received from the Resident, who supported his 14.
representations by a British naval demonstration. Towards the end of 1845 an
agreement was reached under which Muscat was to pay a tribute of 5,000 dollars
and the Wahabi forces were withdrawn. In 1849 the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi, who Bo. Sel.
had had hopes of support from the Sultan of Muscat in his campaign against the XXIV, 218,
Wahabis, finding that it was unlikely that his hopes would be realised, made peace
with the Wahabis. In March 1850, however, Muscat, in concert with Abu Dhabi, 460, 493 '
organised an expedition against the Wahabis. In 1852 the Wahabi Amir sent his
son Abdulla on a mission to Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. with a view to redressing the grievances
alleged to be entertained by the Oman Sheikhs against Muscat. Hostilities broke
out shortly thereafter between the Wahabis and Muscat, which were concluded at
the end of 1853 by an offensive and defensive alliance by which Muscat undertook
to pay tribute of 12,000 dollars (with arrears of 60,000 dollars and certain provisions
and stores), the Wahabi Amir on his part undertaking to assist the Sultan in every
hour of emergency. It was agreed that the boundaries of both parries should
remain unchanged. In December of the same year the Wahabis responded to a
demand by Muscat under the terms of the treaty that they should bring the Batineh
tribes, who had refused to pay tribute, back to their allegiance.
The Disputes of 1864-66.
66 . Towards the end of 1864 the Chief of Rostack in Muscat, whose family had
been dispossessed of Sohar in 1840, informed the Sultan of Muscat that he proposed
to transfer his allegiance to the Wahabis and to pay them tribute. The Sultan
suggested that the differences which had arisen should be decided by the Political