288 HISTORY OF THE WAHABEES. 



CHAPTER VII. 



History of the Wahabees. 



Origin of the Wahabees Their Founder, Abdel Wahab Account 

 of their Doctrines Success of Ibn Saoud and Abdelazeez in Ne- 

 jed Siege and Plunder of Kerbela Submission of Mecca and 

 Medina Destruction of religious Monuments Murder of Ab- 

 delazeez Accession of Saoud His Character Government 

 Re venues Military Tactics Revival of the Pilgrimage Preda- 

 tory Incursions of the Wahabees Attempts of the Turkish Go- 

 vernment to suppress them Expedition from Egypt lands at 

 Yembo Defeat of Toussoun Bey at Jedeida Recapture of Me- 

 dina by the Turks Thomas Keith, a Native of Edinburgh, made 

 Governor of the City Recovery of Mecca and Hejaz Moham- 

 med Ali takes the Command in Person Arrest and Death of Gha- 

 leb Repulse of the Turks at Taraba Capture of Gonfode 

 Death of Saoud Accession of Abdallah Strength of the Turk- 

 ish Army Defeat of the Wahabees at Bissel Surrender of 

 Taraba and Beishe Cruelties of Ali His Return to Egypt 

 Campaign of Toussoun in Nejed Treaty of Peace with Abdal- 

 lah Treachery of Ali and Renewal of Hostilities Expedition 

 under Ibrahim Pasha His Success in Nejed Siege and Sur- 

 render of Deraiah Death of Abdallah Suppression of the Wa- 

 habees and Destruction of their Capital Reflections on the 

 Character of their Government and Religion. 



ONE of the most remarkable revolutions which Ara- 

 bia has witnessed since the days of Mohammed, was 

 that effected by the Wahabees, a religious sect, who 

 evinced in their military enthusiasm all the ardour 

 and intolerance of the early Saracens. Their founder, 

 from whom they took their name, was Abdel Wa- 

 hab, of the pastoral tribe of Temin, in Nejed, and of 



