Hasa Oasis.
The land transaction between East Africa and the Ottoman Empire not only stirred discontent among certain forces within the Ottoman Empire, but also provoked resentment among the people living on the traded land.
The land along the eastern coast of the Persian Gulf had itself been reconquered by the Ottoman Empire in the previous century. Earlier still, in the seventeenth century, the Ottoman Empire had ruled this place once before, but later, due to the empire's decline, it had been forced to withdraw. It was not until the 1870s that the Ottoman Empire expanded its influence here again.
In other words, before East Africa, the Ottoman Empire had ruled the coastal regions of the eastern Persian Gulf twice.
The Ottomans had originally been a minority locally. Now that the Ottoman Empire army had withdrawn following the signing of the agreement, the tribal forces that had once submitted to the Ottoman Empire had no option of leaving.
This was land where they had lived for generations. Thus, faced with the East African government's ultimatum, they chose to fight to the death.
Of course, the local tribes clearly knew the gap between themselves and East Africa. Therefore, in order to defend their homeland, tribal chiefs from across the region gathered in Hasa City to discuss countermeasures.
Hasa City lay within Hasa Oasis, the largest oasis on the Arabian Peninsula. The oasis drew its water from numerous artesian wells and springs.
Inside Ibrahim Palace in Hasa.
"Chieftain Imam Faisal, the Ottomans have now completely abandoned us. The East Africans are coming on like a raging tide. Only you can lead everyone in defending our homeland!" the chieftain of the Hararin Tribe said anxiously to the old man before him.
Chieftain Imam Faisal was the Bani of the Khalid Tribe, the largest