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{{Villain_Infobox|image = RahmahIbnJabir.jpg|fullname = Rahmah ibn Jabir ibn Adhbi Al Jalhami|origin = Kuwait|occupation = Pirate captain|goals = Remain the most powerful tribal leader in Qatar (failed) Help the Omanis to invade Bahrain (failed) Help the British to defeat the Al-Qasimi (succeeded)|crimes = Piracy Extortion Slavery Warmongering Murder (including child murder)|type of villain = Pirate}}{{Quote|When asked by one of the English gentlemen present, with a tone of encouragement and familiarity, whether he could not still dispatch an enemy with his boneless arm, he drew a crooked dagger, or yambeah, from the girdle round his shirt, and placing his left hand, which was sound, to support the elbow of the right, which was the one that was wounded, he grasped the dagger firmly with his clenched fist, and drew it backward and forward, twirling it at the same time, and saying, that he desired nothing better than to have the cutting of as many throats as he could effectually open with this lame hand! Instead of being shocked at the utterance of such a brutal wish, and such a savage triumph at still possessing the power to murder unoffending victims, I know not how to describe my feeling of shame and sorrow, when a loud burst of laughter, instead of execration, escaped from nearly the whole assembly, when I ventured to express my dissent from the general feeling of admiration for such a man.|James Silk Buckingham, an English author, about Jalhami.}}'''Rahmah ibn Jabir ibn Adhbi Al Jalhami '''(1760 - 1826) was an Arabic ruler in the Persian Gulf, and was described by the author James Silk Buckingham as "the most generally tolerated pirate that ever infested any sea." It is reported that he wore an eyepatch after losing his eye in battle.

'''Rahmah ibn Jabir ibn Adhbi Al Jalhami '''(1760 - 1826) was an Arabic ruler in the Persian Gulf, and was described by the author James Silk Buckingham as "the most generally tolerated pirate that ever infested any sea." It is reported that he wore an eyepatch after losing his eye in battle.

Al Jalhami fought alongside the Al Khalifa during the Bahrain unrest of 1783. However, his tribe was left unsatified with their reward after the Al Khalifa annexed Bahrain, and subsequently took up piracy. Rahmah was able to emerge as leader, and established dominion over most of Qatar, as the relocation of the Al Khalifa to Bahrain had left the region without any centralised authority.

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	{{Villain_Infobox\|image = RahmahIbnJabir.jpg\|fullname = Rahmah ibn Jabir ibn Adhbi Al Jalhami\|origin = Kuwait\|occupation = Pirate captain\|goals = Remain the most powerful tribal leader in Qatar <small>(failed)</small><br>Help the Omanis to invade Bahrain <small>(failed)</small><br>Help the British to defeat the Al-Qasimi <small>(succeeded)</small>\|crimes = Piracy<br>Extortion<br>Slavery<br>Warmongering<br>Murder (including child murder)\|type of villain = Pirate}}{{Quote\|When asked by one of the English gentlemen present, with a tone of encouragement and familiarity, whether he could not still dispatch an enemy with his boneless arm, he drew a crooked dagger, or yambeah, from the girdle round his shirt, and placing his left hand, which was sound, to support the elbow of the right, which was the one that was wounded, he grasped the dagger firmly with his clenched fist, and drew it backward and forward, twirling it at the same time, and saying, that he desired nothing better than to have the cutting of as many throats as he could effectually open with this lame hand! Instead of being shocked at the utterance of such a brutal wish, and such a savage triumph at still possessing the power to murder unoffending victims, I know not how to describe my feeling of shame and sorrow, when a loud burst of laughter, instead of execration, escaped from nearly the whole assembly, when I ventured to express my dissent from the general feeling of admiration for such a man.\|James Silk Buckingham, an English author, about Jalhami.}}'''Rahmah ibn Jabir ibn Adhbi Al Jalhami '''(1760 - 1826) was an Arabic ruler in the Persian Gulf, and was described by the author James Silk Buckingham as "the most generally tolerated pirate that ever infested any sea." It is reported that he wore an eyepatch after losing his eye in battle.		'''Rahmah ibn Jabir ibn Adhbi Al Jalhami '''(1760 - 1826) was an Arabic ruler in the Persian Gulf, and was described by the author James Silk Buckingham as "the most generally tolerated pirate that ever infested any sea." It is reported that he wore an eyepatch after losing his eye in battle.

	Al Jalhami fought alongside the Al Khalifa during the Bahrain unrest of 1783. However, his tribe was left unsatified with their reward after the Al Khalifa annexed Bahrain, and subsequently took up piracy. Rahmah was able to emerge as leader, and established dominion over most of Qatar, as the relocation of the Al Khalifa to Bahrain had left the region without any centralised authority.		Al Jalhami fought alongside the Al Khalifa during the Bahrain unrest of 1783. However, his tribe was left unsatified with their reward after the Al Khalifa annexed Bahrain, and subsequently took up piracy. Rahmah was able to emerge as leader, and established dominion over most of Qatar, as the relocation of the Al Khalifa to Bahrain had left the region without any centralised authority.