Ikhwan raid on Busayya

Ikhwan raid on Busayya
Part of Ikhwan Revolt
Date5 November 1927
Location
Al-Busayyah, Mandatory Iraq
Result

Inconclusive

  • Ikhwan destruction of a police fort near Al-Busayyah
  • Ikwan-Saudi failure to curb Iraqi military presence near Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone[1]
  • Additional forts constructed and occupied by Iraqi troops[1]
  • RAF bombing of Najd[1]
  • Beginning of the Ikhwan Revolt[2]
Belligerents

Ikhwan

  • Mutayr tribe
  • otaibah tribe

Iraq Mandatory Iraq

  • 1 Police fort
Commanders and leaders
Faisal al-Duwaish Iraq Faisal I
Strength
100 Mutayr tribesmen[1] ~15 Iraqi policemen[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown 6 policemen killed[1]
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Ikhwan revolt
  • Busayya (Iraq)
  • Kuwait
  • Sabillah
  • Jabal Shammar
  • Awazim
  • Hafr al-Batin

The Ikhwan raid on Busayya in Iraq occurred on 5 November 1927.[2] Elements of the Ikhwan, mainly consisting of the Mutayr tribe under Faisal al-Duwaish, raided southern Iraq, clashing with Iraqi troops near Al Busayya[1] This attack later became known as the beginning of the Ikhwan rebellion.[2]

Aftermath

Ikhwan tribesmen also raided Kuwait in January 1928. On both occasions (raids on Iraq and Kuwait) they looted camels and sheep, and though they raided brutally, they suffered heavy retaliations from the Royal Air Force and Kuwaitis.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Daniel Silverfarb (May 1982). "Great Britain, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia: The Revolt of the Ikhwan, 1927-1930" (PDF). The International History Review. 4 (2): 226–227. JSTOR 40105200.
  2. ^ a b c Clive Leatherdale. Britain and Saudi Arabia, 1925-1939: the Imperial Oasis. p.95.
  3. ^ Peter W. Wilson and Douglas Graham. (1994). Saudi Arabia: the coming storm. M. E. Sharpe, p.45


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