[3] From 1905 to 1912, the Baidah Sultan attempted to obtain a protectorate treaty with Britain, but the negotiations proved fruitless.

[4] In September 1914, it was reported that the Baidah Sultan refused to enter into a treaty unless Britain would promise to pay a stipend, give 100 rifles with ammunition, 2 cannons, and gunpowder.

[7] Sometime before the 20th, the Ottomans returned and raided Baidah's outlying villages, before being chased away by a Baidahn force of 1,000 troops, suffering 10 killed and many wounded, as well as losing 3 camels filled with ammunition, shells and tents.

[8] The Baidah Sultan expected that the Ottomans would invade again and declared to Britain his intention to defend his country to the last.

[2] Baidah bordered the Audhali to the south,[1] Beihan to the north,[3] Upper Yafa to the west,[3] and the Aulaqi to the southeast.