1691. 
1731. 
1740. 
REV. S. M. ZWEMER, F.R.G.S., ON THE WAHABIS: 
LENGTH oF REIGN. 
MoHAMMED BIN SAoop.... 1740-1765 a.p. 
Abd-el-Aziz.... Eth sco LAPD =ISOB} AnD, 
Shrooel JUL coe. a ore 1803-1814 a.p. 
Abdullah _.... ape ee Si4 = SSieaen: 
Turki ies ae Oe 1820-1832 A.D. 
Feysul ae was ... 1832-1866 A.D. 
Abdullah = be: on WRG SIMEKR/ AAD. 
Saood oe ee Se el SGV ei eens 
CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAHABI DyNAsTY. 
Mohammed bin Abd ul Wahab, born at Wasit, Nejd. 
Mohammed bin Abd ul Wahab begins to preach 
reform. 
Mohammed bin Abd ul Wahab takes refuge at 
Deriah with the powerful Arab chief Mohammed 
bin Saood. 
1740-1764. Wahabi reform spreads over all Southern Arabia 
1765. 
ILO 
1802. 
1803. 
1803. 
1804. 
1810. 
ikon 
1812. 
1815. 
1814. 
with the exception of Oman. 
Mohammed bin Saood dies; succeeded by Abd-ul-Aziz. 
Mohammed bin Abd ul Wahab dies at age of 96 
years. 
Abd-ul-Aziz assumes the titles of Imam and Sultan 
and pushes his conquest toward Mecca. 
A Turkish army enters Hassa and lays siege to 
Hofhoof, but is compelled to retire. 
The Wahabis invade the vilayet of Bagdad and lay 
siege to Kerbela, taking and sacking the town. 
Taif, near Mecca, subdued with great bloodshed. 
April 27. Mecca taken by the Wahabis; the Shereef 
Ghalib flees to Jiddah. 
Abd-el-Aziz assassinated by a Persian in the mosque 
at Deriah. 
Saood II succeeds his father Abd-el-Aziz and conquers 
Medinah. 
British expedition against Wahabi pirates of Oman. 
Mohammed Ali Pasha, governor of Egypt, begins his 
campaign against the Wahabis, landing troops at 
Jiddah. 
The Egyptian army under Tousson Beg takes Yenbo. 
Jiddah treacherously surrendered to the Turks. 
Saood IL died at Deriah; succeeded by his son 
Abdullah. 
