Sultan bin Bajad al-Otaybi
Sultan bin Bajad bin Hameed Al Otaibi سلطان بن بجاد بن حميد العتيبي | |
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 An illustration of Al Otaibi | |
| Born | 1876 |
| Died | 1932 (aged 55–56) Al Artaweeiyah |
| Allegiance |  Emirate of Riyadh (1910–1921) .svg){kind=small} Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926)  Ikhwan (1927–1930) |
| Service | Ikhwan |
| Years of service | 1910–1930 |
| Battles / wars | Unification of Saudi Arabia |
| Relations | Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (son-in-law) |
Sultan bin Bajad bin Hameed Al Otaibi (Template:Lang-ar Sulṭan ibn Bajad ibn Ḥamīd Al ʿOtaibī; 1876 – 1932) was a member of the Otaibah tribe and one of the leaders of the Ikhwan movement in Saudi Arabia, the virtual army that supported King Abdulaziz to build his kingdom between 1910 and 1927.
Al Otaibi was illiterate and very religious, strongly believing in Salafi principles. After the occupation of Hijaz, King Abdulaziz and several of the Ikhwan leaders went into bloody clashes, as Abdulaziz wanted to stop incursions outside of Arabia and concentrate on building the foundations of a modern state. Al Otaibi and his associates considered this a sin and challenged the agreements, made by the King with the British and neighboring powers. Al Otaibi entered into an open rebellion against the Al Saud forces and joined in the Battle of Sabilla.[1] He was captured by the Al Saud forces and put in prison where he died in 1932.[1]
One of his daughters married Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman, half-brother of King Abdulaziz.[2]
References
- ^ a b Khalid Abdullah Krairi (October 2016). John Philby and his political roles in the Arabian Peninsula, 1917-1953 (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Birmingham. p. 322. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Alexander Blay Bligh (1981). Succession to the throne in Saudi Arabia. Court Politics in the Twentieth Century (PhD thesis). Columbia University. p. 80. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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