Ikhwan Revolt
| Ikhwan Revolt | |||||||
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| Part of Unification of Saudi Arabia | |||||||
 Flag of Ikhwan |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ikhwan
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 Kuwait
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sultan bin Bajad Faisal al-Dawish
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 Ibn Saud Abdul-Aziz Fawzi al-Qawuqji
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| 10,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 in Battle of Sabilla 450 in Jabal Shammar |
200 in Battle of Sabilla 500 in Jabal Shammar |
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About 100 killed in the raids |
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Ibn Saud's Army
About 100 killed in the raids
700 killed in Sabilla
1,000 killed in Jabal Shammar
250 killed in raid on Awazim tribe
The Ikhwan Revolt began in 1927, when the tribesmen of the Mutayr and Ajman rebelled against the authority of Ibn Saud and engaged in cross-border raids into parts of Trans-Jordan, Mandatory Iraq and Kuwaiti Emirate. The relationship between the House of Saud and the Ikhwan deteriorated into an open bloody feud in December 1928. The main instigators of the rebellion were defeated in the Battle of Sabilla, on 29 March 1929. Ikhwan tribesmen and troops loyal to Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud clashed again in the Jabal Shammar region in August 1929, and Ikhwan tribesmen attacked the Awazim tribe on 5 October 1929. Faisal al-Dawish, the main leader of the rebellion and the Mutair tribe, fled to Kuwait in October 1929 before being detained by the British and handed over to Ibn Saud. Faisal Al-Dawish would die in Riyadh on 3 October 1931 from what appears to have been a heart condition. Government troops had finally suppressed the rebellion on 10 January 1930, when other Ikhwan rebel leaders surrendered to the British. In the aftermath, the Ikhwan leadership was slain, and the remains were eventually incorporated into regular Saudi units. Sultan bin Bajad, one of the three main Ikhwan leaders, was killed in 1931, while al-Dawish died in prison in Riyadh on 3 October 1931.
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