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Previoua to the year I92o f
the principa
lity of IB 1 T ItASKID was situated between the IPA$
and the territory of I BIT GAUD. In that year,
IBi: SAUD finally overthrew I BIT RASHID and annexed
his territory, thus becoinng a neighbour of IRAQ.
Although the Aidman tribesmea were
desirouu of extending their raids to the
IRAQ, further hostilities might have been avoided
by arrangements between I BIT BAUD and the BRITISH.
At this juncture, however, IB1T SAUD* s bitterest
rival, the Sliarif PAISAL, was roade hing of IRAQ.
Other minor causes of friction also remained unsettl
The IRAQ tribes were in an awlcword \-ed.
dilenma. Their government was unable to protect them
from raiding, nor would it allow them to come to pri-
-vate terns with the Aldiwan. AJdR,AlT
In I9R5, a handful of tribesmen,fleeing
from the anger of IB1T 3A T JB, to oh refuge in IRAQ. They
received a favourable reception from KI1TCT RAX SAL, and
thereupon embariced on a succession of raids against the
AIHILAIT, their former masters. s
Probably largely as a reprisal for these attack
a strong force under PAX SAL AL BOV'I SRI raided the IRAQ
tribes near UITSAB, in March, 1924.
Raids by refugees against the Aiduran continued
uninterrupted during the summer of 1924. As a result,
those m touch with the situation foresaw that retalia-
-tery attacks on an unprecedented scale, would take
place during the winter 1924-5.
Government, however, were slow to realise the
critical nature of the situation, and up to the end of
December,1924, practically no defensive measures had
been taken.
The storm then burst. These heavy raids were
delivered along ^the length of the frontier, betvfeen -•
2G/l. 2 / 2 4 and 12/1/25. By good fortune, two of these
raids were overtaken by aircraft.Defensive measures were
theNadopted in all haste, and a note of protest was
despatched to IBJT BAUD. This note, combined with reports
of aerial activity in the desert, caused IBJT SATJD to
prohibit the AiCKWAK from further aggression.
banwhile, however, a fresh wave of raiders
were concentrating near the frontier. IBS' SAIJD’s prohi
bition arrived in time to prevent the second wave fr©m—
attacking, with the exception of one party under FRAIK
AL IIAMZI, The presence of concentrations near the
frontier, however, maintained the whole desert in a
constant state 01 alarm throughout Pebruary.
The month of March was quieter. The opportunity
was taken to curry out a good deal of topographical
work.