Ikhwan revolt

The Ikhwan revolt was an uprising in the Arabian Peninsula from 1929 to 1930 led by the Ikhwan against Ibn Saud. In late 1927, the tribesmen of the Otaibah, Mutayr and Ajman launched cross-border raids into parts of Mandatory Iraq, challenging the authority of Ibn Saud. The relations between the House of Saud and the Ikhwan rebels gradually deteriorated into an open bloody feud by January 1929. The main rebel forces were defeated in the Battle of Sabilla, on 29 March 1929. Ikhwan tribal rebels and troops loyal to 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-Duwaish, 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. Al-Duwaish would die in Riyadh on 3 October 1931 from an apparent 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, much of the Ikhwan leadership was killed or imprisoned, while the remaining rebels were gradually incorporated into regular Saudi units. Sultan bin Bajad, one of the three main Ikhwan leaders, died in 1932 after having been captured by the men of Ibn Saud.