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An Arab revival is foreseeable and ibn Sa'ud might turn elsewhere if rebuffed. Cox's suggestions did not even elicit comment. 112 On November 9 the Secretary of State for India, John Morley, informed the Government of India by telegram that ' His Majesty's Government maintained the view that their interest and influence should be confined to [the] coast. No steps ... ' In November 1906, Cox requested an authoritative reply to ibn Sa'ud lest the former's reputation be compromised by the appearance of negligence towards the latter.
He was told in reply that the British Government did not recognize Wahhabi authority over any of the maritime states of Eastern Arabia, which had been dealt with as independent shaikhdoms for over thirty years. 79 By demanding zakat, ahns tax, Faisal was saying in effect that he did not want to subjugate Bahrain directly; however, it was not uncommon in traditional Islam generally and among the AI Sa 'ud particularly that the demand of zakat implied the assertion of power. Arab shaikhs based the territorial extent of their power on their ability to impose order on neighbouring tribes, to avenge or prevent raids or excesses within the areas claimed, and to enforce the payment of zakat.
The Bedouin was markedly individualistic, arrogant, fickle and proud. Suffused with a vivid sense of honour and pride, he was proverbially unruly. His pride made him disdainful of others, for instance, of the city-dwelling Arab. Only under a great leader or in the interests of a great religious cause would the dissident tribes band together. The alliance between the AI Sa'ud and 'Abd al-Wahhab provided both elements. Religion and the sword, that fateful combination, were joined. 63 Muhammad reigned until 1765.