caption serviceyears death_date death_place allegiance image_size battles birth_date image article_title name
an illustration of al-otaibi 1910 - 1930 1931 al artaweeiyah 20px border emirate of riyadh -lrb- 1910 -- 1921 -rrb- 260px unification of saudi arabia 1876 sultanibnbajad.jpg sultan bin bajad al-otaibi
 sultan بجاد بن حميد العتيبي bin bajad bin hameed al-otaibi ar سلطان بن
sultan bin bajad al-otaibi

sultan bin bajad bin hameed al-otaibi -lrb- -rrb- was a leader of the ikhwan movement in saudi arabia .
this movement was the virtual army that supported king abdul-aziz to build his kingdom between 1910 and 1927 .
along with his colleague and friend faisal al-dawish , he led the arab tribal forces in the occupation of al-hasa , ha'il , al-baha , jizan , asir and mecca and jeddah .
he was illiterate and very religious -- strongly believing in salafi principles .
he fought the enemies of the saudi kings , while considering them infidels and disbelievers .
after the occupation of hijaz , king abdul-aziz and several of the ikhwan leaders went into bloody clashes , as abdul aziz 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 ibn saud with the british and neighbouring powers .
bin bajad entered into an open rebellion against ibn saud 's forces and continued opposing him even after the major defeat of the rebel ikhwan in the battle of sabilla .
