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Group: Tennessee, State of (U.S.A.)
People: Jan Žižka
Topic: Muslim Conquest of the Levant
Location: Almería Andalucia Spain

Tribes from the interior have always raided …

Years: 1684 - 1827
Tribes from the interior have always raided settled communities along the coast, but the Wahhabi faith provides them with a justification for continuing these incursions to spread true Islam.

Accordingly, in the nineteenth century Wahhabi tribe under the leadership of the Al Saud move at various times against Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman.

The Wahhabi faith creates internal dissension in Oman as well as an external menace because it proves popular with some of the Ibadi tribes in the Omani interior.