Isa bin Tarif
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Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif (Template:ArB) Al Bin Ali Al Utbi was the Chief of the Utub Al Bin Ali Tribe from the beginning of the 19th Century until his death in 1847.
Isa Bin Tarif , Chief of the Al Bin Ali Al Utbi Tribe , is a desendant of the Original Utub who conquered Bahrain [1].
Sayyid Saeed Bin Sultan Imam of Muscat asked for the assistance of Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif in conquering the town of Mombasa in Kenya in 1837 with his tribe Utub Al Bin Ali [2]. Fort Jesus in Mombasa was named after Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif after he conquered the fort. The name Jesus in Arabic means Isa, therefore it means the Fort of Isa.
In the year 1843,Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif was one of the men who assisted Shaikh Mohamed Bin Khalifa overthrow his Great Uncle Shaikh Abdulla Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa whom was also Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif's ememy, from rulership of Bahrain [3]. After helping Shaikh Mohamed in ousting Shaikh Abdulla from rulership of Bahrain, Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif and his tribe Al Bin Ali moved to the town of Al-Bida ( Known today as Al Doha ) and re established it after the removal of the Al-Sudan Tribe from it. In Al-Bida, Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif built a wall to the sea from both the East and West [4] In Al-Bida, Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif was considered as the Shaikh of Al-Bida.
His last battle was in the Battle of Fowairat in Qatar against Shaikh Mohamed Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa , Ruler of Bahrain in which Shaikh Mohanmed's forces got defeated. After the battle by a few hours, one of Shaikh Mohamed's followers killed Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif. This battle took place in the year 1847.
References
- ^ The Precis Of Turkish Expansion On The Arab Littoral Of The Persian Gulf And Hasa And Katif Affairs. By J. A. Saldana; 1904 , I.o. R R/15/1/724
- ^ The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by John Gordon Lorimer p451
- ^ Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia, historical, volume 1, part 1 B, p866-870
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