Faisal bin Sultan al-Duwaish (Arabic: فيصل بن سلطان .الدويش المطيري c. 1882 – 1931) was Shaykh of the Mutayr tribe and of Arabia's Ikhwan leader,Arabs of The Desert Dickson who assisted Abdulaziz in the unification of Saudi Arabia. The mother of Faisal bin Sultan was from the Ajman tribe and the sister of Dhaydan bin Hithlain, another Ikhwan leader and sheikh of the Ajman tribe.Islamic Review, part 5, page 55 (indeed, the leadership of the Akhwans is said to be entirely in the hands of Faisal Al Dawish, and it is sometimes stated that when due:lbn Sa'ud's Warriors of Islam the Saudi Kingdom. 1910-1930, page 70, (Faysal al - Dawish was the chief Ikhwan leader after Ilbn Sa'ud, and Sultan ibn Bijad followed a close second
Ikhwan and death Although he joined Ikhwan in 1912 when it was established, his embracement of the Wahhabi approach took place in 1918. Al-Duwaish commanded the attack on Kuwaiti forces in Hamdh on 16 May 1920. Later, in 1920, he led an attack on Kuwait.
He also participated in the capture of Hejaz in 1924–1925, and although he wanted to be the ruler of Madina, the Saudis asked him to leave the region. This incident was one of the reasons for the Ikhwan revolt against Abdulaziz in the next years.
He and other leading Ikhwan leaders did not participate in the meeting held by Abdulaziz in Riyadh in 1928 to settle the conflicts. However, just before the start of the battle against Saudi forces, Faisal bin Sultan met with the Saudis, but it was not a fruitful attempt. He was injured at the 1929 Battle of Sabilla, and later surrendered to the British forces in Kuwait. With bombs falling all round on his tents, Faisal al-Dawish was finally obliged to surrender to the British and was sent prisoner to Riyadh. The military corps of the Ikhwan were dissolved,the Bedouin, by Shirley Kay, page 126 With bombs falling all round on his tents, he was finally obliged to surrender to the British and was sent, a prisoner, to Riyadh where he died two years later. The military corps of the Ikhwan was dissolved and he died in 1931 due to complications from an aneurysm.:Saudi Arabia: The Shape of A, Client Feudalism, by Geoff Simons Pag 182 Here it was that Faisal ibn Dawish encountered the British, well equipped as they were with aircraft and armoured vehiclesGreat Britain and East, public Utility work, page 57 Mutair was captured by a British force consisting of aeroplanes and armoured cars operating in the desert south The 1930Guide to Islamist Movements, Volume 2, page 373 By, Barry M. Rubin Ikhwan were trapped and pummeled by the British air forceThe World That Trade Created: Society, Culture and the World Kenneth Pomeranz by, Steven Topik Chapter7, pag 282 even provoking a rebellion among Ibn Sa'ud's Bedouin troops. (Britain's Royal Air Force helped crush the
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