This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ... numerous passes by which these mountains are approached have been successfully defended against the Wahhabis during their late irruption. When the whole of Hejaz submitted to their arms, the Beni Sub-h alone boldly asserted and maintained their independence. Their territory afforded shelter to such of the neighbouring ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ... numerous passes by which these mountains are approached have been successfully defended against the Wahhabis during their late irruption. When the whole of Hejaz submitted to their arms, the Beni Sub-h alone boldly asserted and maintained their independence. Their territory afforded shelter to such of the neighbouring tribes as, with their families and property, were willing to seek their protection. The national independence of Arabs has been much talked of, but I question if this be not one of the few tribes that has never known a master. At two passes in the route of the caravan, called Safrd and Jedideh, they were less successful. After a long resistance they surrendered to Sa'ud. It may be remembered that it was against the latter of these passes, when in the possession of the Wahhabis, that Tusun Pasha received a most signal defeat in 1811. The Arabs permitted his troops to occupy the pass, and then destroyed them with musketry and rocks hurled down from above. For the free passage of the Egyptian caravan Mohammed 'Ali treafed at the conclusion of the war; and though he still furnishes the Harb tribe with an annual present, a large sum is nevertheless exacted from the Syrian hajj on this spot, before they are permitted to pass the defile. Their principal Sheikh, Sooltan ibn Hasan, has, for greater security, fixed his residence near this spot. Possessed of vast personal strength and undaunted courage, the fame of this chief as a warrior furnishes a general theme of discourse and admiration among the neighbouring tribes. Such qualities, joined to an intriguing disposition and considerable political talent, render him the most powerful chief in Hejaz. Several ineffectual attempts have been made to inveigle him within the grasp of the Pasha, but Ibn Hasa...
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