ABSTRACT
Basra,whichhehadambitionstorule,buttheinhabitantssorouted himthathemanagedtoescapeonlywithdifficulty.Thedeathofthe kingofBasramadetheinhabitantschangetheirattitudetolbn Rashid,andthistimetheyacknowledgedhimaskingoftheircity. ThegovernorofBahrainexploitedthekingofal-Hasa'spreoccupationwiththeseeventstoattackal-Qatifandsetfireto150ships.Asa reprisalagainstthegovernor,IbnRashidorderedtheassetsandthe shipsofBahrainimerchantsinBasratobeconfiscated.Thisangered theinhabitantsofBasra,who'...drovehimfromtheircity,denying himrecognition,acknowledginginhisplacearelationofhisbythe nameofYahyaand,returningtotheMuslimsofBahraintheirgoods andtheirships,theycompensatedthemforallthattheyhadlost...'. Andsothekingofal-Hasareturnedtohiscapitalwherehesetabout gatheringhisforcestoattackBahrain.Thewriteroftheletteraffirms that'...itwillnotbedifficultforhim,forhispowerisgreatandhis menmany...'.
