not approached fair maidens?” It was maritime custom to lead a ship after marriage as young men were not generally captains. Shaikh Ahmed approached his uncle and attacked. After Rahmah sensed his end might near and heard his slave called ‘Tarar’ was killed, he took his eight-year-old son Shaheen and went to the inner galley of his ship. He lit the gunpowder kegs with charcoal from his hookah, killing all of his men and the Al-Khalifa men that were raiding his ship. Legacy Rahmah's legacy lasted long after his death; in the 1960s Charles Belgrave wrote of how old men in the coffee shops throughout the region would still talk of his exploits. See also Piracy in the Persian Gulf Al-Jalahma References External links Saudi Aramco World article: Rahmah of the Gulf 1760s births 1826 deaths 18th-century Arabs 18th-century Kuwaiti people 18th-century pirates 19th-century Arabs 19th-century Kuwaiti people 19th-century pirates Bedouin tribal chiefs Filicides Kuwaiti people with disabilities Kuwaiti pirates Military personnel killed in action Military personnel who committed suicide Suicides by explosive device Qatari pirates Year of birth uncertain