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in January 1928, in which they stole camels and sheep. On both occasions, though they raided brutally, they suffered heavy retaliations from the RAF and Kuwaitis. The Ikhwan were eventually defeated by Ibn Saud's regular forces and their leadership slain. The remnants were incorporated into regular
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as a tool of territorial expansion, advanced northwards and westwards and arrived at the undemarcated borders of Transjordan in the summer of 1922. The Ikhwan were a cross-tribal striking force, whose religious fervour combined with the support of the King proved too strong a military challenge for
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in 1921 and 1923, respectively. They also played a crucial role in the major invasions by the Wahhabi tribesmen of Najd (the Ikhwan). While Transjordan experienced internal stability during 1922–1923, a new external threat emerged from the southeast of the country. The Wahhabi
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the Arabian tribes. The Wahhabi threat brought forward a merger of interests between the nomadic tribes within Transjordan and the Transjordanian government, and for the first time since its establishment the latter was in a more balanced position vis-à-vis these tribes.
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initiated their first attack on Transjordan by massacring the inhabitants of two villages belonging to the tribe of
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incursions from Najd into southern parts of his territory were the most serious threat to Emir
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in the Nejd–Hejaz War of 1919, and a failure to establish a Hashemite domain over the
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militia force, numbering some 4,500 raiders, travelled 1,600 kilometers from
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Index

Unification of Saudi Arabia
Emirate of Transjordan
Al-Jawf
Wadi Sirhan
Ikhwan
Transjordan
Adwan
Bani Sakher
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
Ikhwan
Eqab bin Mohaya
Ikhwan
Faisal al-Duwaish
Emirate of Transjordan
Abdullah I
Emirate of Transjordan

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Unification of Saudi Arabia
First Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907)
Riyadh
Dilam
Unaizah
Buraidah
al-Bukayriyya
Shinanah

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