The Ikhwan raid on Busayya in Iraq occurred on 5 November 1927.
[Clive Leatherdale. ''Britain and Saudi Arabia, 1925-1939: the Imperial Oasis''. p.95.] Elements of the Ikhwan, mainly consisting of the
Mutayr tribe under
Faisal al-Duwaish
Faisal bin Sultan al-Duwaish (Arabic: فيصل بن سلطان .الدويش المطيري c. 1882 – 1931) was Prince of the Mutair tribe and one of Arabia's Ikhwan leaders, who assisted Abdulaziz in the unification of Saudi Arabia. The mothe ...
, raided southern
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
, clashing with Iraqi troops near Al Busayya, resulting in some 20 casualties on both sides.
This attack later became known as the beginning of the
Ikhwan rebellion.
[
]
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
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
and Kuwaitis.[Peter W. Wilson and Douglas Graham. (1994). ''Saudi Arabia: the coming storm''. M. E. Sharpe, p.45]
See also
*Ikhwan raids on Transjordan
Ikhwan raids on Transjordan were a series of attacks 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 thr ...
*List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
This is a list of modern conflicts in the Middle East ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the Middle East. The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring ...
References
1927 in Asia
Battles involving Saudi Arabia
Conflicts in 1927
{{saudi-arabia-stub