290 HISTORY OF THE WAHABEES. 



the Turkish horsemen. Among those who escaped 

 was the heroine Ghaha. Having no longer any se- 

 cure place of retreat, she led her followers into the 

 desert, and ultimately reached Deraiali. The castle 

 of Ranniah, with several others, capitulated. 



One formidable enemy yet remained in the field, 

 the Sheik Tami, who was resolved to try a second 

 battle, and had assembled a considerable army be- 

 yond the rugged mountains of Azir, twelve or four- 

 teen days' journey westward from Beishe. Towards 

 this district Mohammed Ali next directed his at- 

 tempts. On the march, his army suffered the ex- 

 tremities of "hunger and fatigue. A hundred horses 

 sometimes died in one day, and out of more than 

 10,000 camels only 300 survived the expedition. 

 The sinking spirits of the troops were kept up by the 

 pasha, who promised them a glorious booty in plun- 

 dering the towns of Yemen. Tami had collected a 

 force of 8,000 or 10,000 men at a mountain-fortress 

 called Tor, so strong as to be deemed by the Arabs 

 impregnable. In two days the Turkish artillery 

 forced the Wahabees to yield, though the combat 

 was more vigorously maintained than at Bissel. 

 In the castle were found considerable stores of 

 provisions, which proved most seasonable to the in- 

 vading army. 



Tami fled ; but he was the last to quit the field. 

 Having taken refuge in the house of a friend, he 

 was betrayed and delivered up in chains to Sheriff 

 Rajah, who was roaming about the mountains in 

 search of the fugitive. Bakrouj was at the same 

 time defeated in Zohran, and being hemmed in 

 between two fires, was taken prisoner. The two 

 noble captives were sent to the pasha, and both suf- 

 fered the death of traitors. Bakrouj was never 

 forgiven the insulting letter which he wrote from 

 Taraba. He maintained a sulky silence under his 

 misfortunes. Once he made his escape on finding 

 his guards asleep- but was retaken, after killing 



