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The
Battle of Jarrab
was a territorial battle between the
Al Saud
and their traditional enemies, the
Al Rashid
on 24 January 1915.
[1]
[2]
It was a proxy battle of
World War I
and
the Second Saud-Rashidi War
between the
British
-supported Saudis and the
Ottoman
-supported Rashidis.
[2]
Rashidi forces led by young
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid
defeated the forces of
Ibn Saud
.
[3]
The main significance of the battle was the death of Ibn Saud's British Military Advisor,
Captain William Shakespear
.
[4]
The reason for the defeat of Ibn Saud's forces is given by both Arabic and British sources as the withdrawal of the
Ajman tribe
led by
Dhaydan bin Hithlain
from the battlefield.
[4]
The defeat and the death of William Shakespear diminished the relationship between Ibn Saud and the British changing the course of the
Arab Revolt
against the Ottoman Empire.
[5]
It also resulted other negative conclusions for Ibn Saud, including a year-long struggle with the Ajman tribe, namely the
Battle of Kanzan
, and the decrease in his newly emerged prestige.
[5]
See also
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References
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Literature
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- Travellers in Arabia
, Eid Al Yahya, Stacey International (2006).
ISBN
0-9552193-1-0
(9780955219313).
- The Historical Journal
14 (3) (September 1971), pp. 627?633.
- H. St. John Philby. (1930).
Arabia
, London.