Ikhwan raids on Transjordan

Part of Unification of Saudi Arabia

Date	1922–1924
Location	Transjordan Emirate
Result	Ikhwan defeat

Belligerents

Ikhwan ('Utaybah tribe)

British RAF
Pro-Hashemite tribesmen:

Adwan
Ajarma
Abbad
Bani Hasan
Bani Hamaida
Bani Sakhr
Hadid

Commanders and leaders

Eqab bin Mohaya was the leader in 1922, and he also was the head of his tribe (Talhah)

Strength

1,500 raiders (1922)
3,000-4,000 or 4,500 camel raiders

Casualties and losses

500+ killed (1924)

130 tribesmen killed or wounded (1924)

Population of two small villages massacred

Total killed: ~1,500

British RAF
Pro-Hashemite tribesmen:

Population of two small villages massacred

Ikhwan raids on Transjordan were a series of plunders by the Ikhwan, irregular Arab tribesmen of Najd, on Transjordan between 1922 and 1924. The repeated Wahhabi incursions from Najd into southern parts of his territory were the most serious threat to emir Abdullah's position in Transjordan. The emir was powerless to repel those raids by himself, thus the British maintained a military base, with a small air force, at Marka, close to Amman. The British military force was the primary obstacle against the Ikhwan, helping emir Abdullah to secure his rule over Transjordan.

With the defeat of the Hashemites in the Nejd-Hejaz War of 1919, and a failure to establish a Hashemite domain over greater Syria, the British hoped to secure Transjordan and Iraq as Hashemite Kingdoms, and did put a significant effort to secure them from external and internal threats. The military assistance of the British to emir Abdullah of Transjordan was used to help with the suppression of local rebellions at Kura and later by Sultan Adwan, in 1921 and 1923 respectively. They also played a crucial role in the major invasions by the Wahhabi tribesmen of Nejd (the Ikhwan).

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