Ikhwan raids on Transjordan

Ikhwan raids on Transjordan
Part of the Unification of Saudi Arabia
Date1922–1924
Location
Emirate of Transjordan
Result Uqair Protocol of 1922
Territorial
changes		 Transjordan Cedes Al-Jawf, Wadi Sirhan and Kaf to Sultanate of Nejd
Belligerents

 Ikhwan

  • 'Utaybah
  • Mutayr

 Transjordan[1]

Support:
United Kingdom United Kingdom

Commanders and leaders
Ikhwan Eqab bin Mohaya
Ikhwan Faisal al-Duwaish		 Emirate of Transjordan Abdullah I
Emirate of Transjordan Minwer Shtewi Al-Hadid †
Strength
1,500 raiders (1922)
3,000–4,000[1] or 4,500[2] camel raiders		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
500+[2] killed (1924) 130 tribesmen killed or wounded (1924)[1]

Population of two small villages massacred[3]

Total killed: ~1,500
Ikhwan on the move

The Ikhwan raids on Transjordan were a series of attacks by the Ikhwan, irregular Arab tribesmen of Najd, on the Emirate of 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 I's position in Transjordan.[4] The emir was powerless to repel these raids by himself, thus the British maintained a military base, with a small air force, at Marka, close to Amman.[4] The British military force was the primary obstacle against the Ikhwan, and ultimately helped Abdullah to secure his rule over Transjordan.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Eilon, J.B.; Alon, Y. (2007). The Making of Jordan: Tribes, Colonialism and the Modern State. I. B. Tauris. p. 56. ISBN 9781845111380. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
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  4. ^ a b c Salibi, Kamal S. The modern history of Jordan. p. 104.