Вагабеи
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The Vagabeys are representatives of the transformative movement that arose among Mohammedanism in the middle of the 18th century. This movement, which may be called Mohammedan rationalism, accepting the authority of the Koran, but rejecting the worship of Mohammed as idolatry, arose in the Netshi tribe of Yemen and received its name from its initiator Mohammed ben Abd-el-Wagab. By the beginning of the 19th century, the Vagabeys reached their highest development and strength. In 1802 they occupied Mecca and forced the Turks to pay them an annual tribute for admission to Mecca as pilgrims; in 1808 they even threatened Cairo and invaded Syria. But in 1812 Megemet Ali invaded Arabia and in 1818 his son, Ibrahim Pasha, sent Abdallah, the leader of the Vagabes, to Constantinople, where he was executed. Politically, their power is now almost limited to one tribe in Yemen.