Faisal al-Duwaish

Faisal bin Sultan al-Duwaish (Arabic: فيصل بن سلطان .الدويش المطيري c. 1882 – 1931) was Shaykh of the Mutayr tribe and of Arabia's Ikhwan leader, who assisted Abdulaziz in the unification of Saudi Arabia. The mother of Faisal bin Sultan was from the Ajman tribe and the sister of Dhaydan bin Hithlain, another Ikhwan leader and sheikh of the Ajman tribe.

Ikhwan and death Although he joined Ikhwan in 1912 when it was established, his embracement of the Wahhabi approach took place in 1918. Al-Duwaish commanded the attack on Kuwaiti forces in Hamdh on 16 May 1920. Later, in 1920, he led an attack on Kuwait.

He also participated in the capture of Hejaz in 1924–1925, and although he wanted to be the ruler of Madina, the Saudis asked him to leave the region. This incident was one of the reasons for the Ikhwan revolt against Abdulaziz in the next years. and he died in 1931 due to complications from an aneurysm.

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