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Mutayr tribal confederation

1750 – 1930
ConfederationAsia

A turbulent camel-breeding confederation whose territory touched the Gulf around Kuwait and ran inland down Wadi al-Batin to the edge of Ibn Saud's districts near Zulfi. Perpetually at feud with the Rashidi emirs of Ha'il — a Mutayri killed Emir Abd al-Aziz ibn Rashid in 1908 — the Mutayr harried the outlying settlements of Qasim and the caravan traffic to the Gulf, and under Faisal al-Duwaish became the core of the Ikhwan.

Not an ending: the Mutayr Ikhwan under Faisal al-Duwaish rebelled against Ibn Saud and were broken at the Battle of Sabilla in March 1929, al-Duwaish surrendering in 1930; the tribe survives inside Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq.

Borders in 1750 · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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