Faisal al-Duwaish

Deceased Person

1882 – 1931

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Who was Faisal al-Duwaish?

Faisal bin Sultan al-Duwaish was a Prince of the Mutair tribe and one of the Ikhwan leaders, who assisted Ibn Saud in the unification of Saudi Arabia.

Al-Duwaish commanded the attack on Kuwait army in Hamdh and killed many of them on 16 May 1920. Later, in 1920, he led an attack by the Ikhwan on Kuwait, capturing the village of al-Jahra, but was compelled to withdraw under British pressure.

He was injured at the 1929 battle of Sabilla, fled Arabia and later surrendered to the British in Kuwait. Sultan was pardoned by his former ruler King Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud of Nejd and Hejaz, but was later jailed in Riyadh where he died in 1931 suffering from Aneurysm

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Born
1882
Died
1931
Riyadh

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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