موقف امارة المنتفق من المد الوهابي على جنوب العراق

Abstract

    The Wahhabi movement played a destructive religious, social and political role, and its movement and spread helped it control a large area within the Arabian Peninsula, including Al-Ahsa and reaching Najd. The Al Saud attack on the Muntafiq tribes grew, and the Ottoman Empire feared that Saudi influence would extend to Iraq, so it sent orders to its governors in Basra and Baghdad to send campaigns to eliminate the Wahhabi state. By order of the Ottoman Sultan, the first campaigns of the Muntafiq tribes began under the leadership of Sheikh Thuwaini Al-Abdullah to abort the ambitions of the Wahhabi expansion in the Emirate of Muntafiq in the years 1786 and 1797, but it did not achieve its goals, especially after the killing of Sheikh Thuwaini. It was followed by the campaign of Sheikh Thamer Hamoud Al-Saadoun in 1798, in which he achieved great success. It was followed after a long period by the campaign of Nasser Pasha Al-Saadoun in 1871 AD, which left a prominent impact and major results on stability. This, of course, left a clear impact on the Emirate of Muntafiq and on the people of Nasiriyah, who made effective contributions to the campaigns that aimed to curb the Wahhabi tide.