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Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig: Notes on the Bedouins and Wahâbys : collected during his travels in the East ; in two volumes : Vol. 2 / by the late John Lewis Burckhardt. London. London : Colburn & Bentley, 1831
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Vol. 1
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Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig ; Colburn, Henry:
Front cover
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Provenance
Contents Of The Second Volume.
Account Of The Bedouins.
Materials For A History Of The Wahábys.
Introduction.
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Of Saoud's person and family.
131
Wahaby Government.
135
Administration of Justice.
151
Revenues.
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Military Affairs of the Wahabys.
180
Gháleb, Sherif of Mekka, and the Turkisch Pasha of Baghdád, at war with the Wahábys.- The holy cities, Mekka and Medinah, taken by the Wahábys.
218
Mohammed Aly, Pasha of Cairo, despatches his son Tousoun Pasha with a Turkisch army to invade Arabia. - Thomas Keith, a Scotchman, (Ibrahim Aga, ) commander of Tousoun's Mammelouks - His intrepidity - Ahmed Aga, surnamed Bonaparte - Medinah taken by the Turks, and Mekka surrendered to them.
246
Mohammed Aly Pasha proceeds from Egypt with an army of Turks - Arrives at Djidda and Mekka - Arrests Sherif Gháleb, and sends him prisoner to Cairo - Gháleb's troops assemble at Taraba.
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The Begoum Arabs headed by a woman, regarded as a sorceress by the Turks, who are defeated at Taraba - Mohammed Aly takes Gonfode - Discontent of the Turkish troops - Death of Saoud - His son Abdallah declared chief of the Wahabys.
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Distribution of the Turkish forces in Hedjaz - Massacre at Bahra - Mohammed Aly sends his son Tousoun Pasha to Medinah - The Turks defeated by the Wahabys in Zohrán - Mohammed Aly marches from Mekka towards Byssel - The Wahabys defeated there.
322
Turks elated with victory-their cruelty - their distresses on the march from Beishe - Mohammed Aly returns to Mekka -Makes proposals of peace to Abdallah Ibn Saoud.
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Abdallah Ibn Saoud enters Kasym with an army - Negotiations between him and Tousoun Pasha - Peace concluded - Mohammed Aly returns to Cairo - Despatches his son Ibrahim Pasha with an army to renew the war in Hedjaz.
Appendix.
Index Of Arabic Words.
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