In 1919 Sheikh Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah intended to build a commercial city in the south of Kuwait.

This caused a diplomatic crisis with Najd, but Britain intervened, dissuading Sheikh Salim from building the city.

A force of 3,000 to 4,000 Ikhwan, led by Faisal al-Duwaish, attacked the Red Fort at Al-Jahra, defended by 1,500 men.

The local merchant class convinced Salim to call in help from British troops, who showed up with airplanes and three warships, ending the attacks.

[6] After the Battle of Jahra, Ibn Saud's warriors, the Ikhwan, demanded that Kuwait follow five rules: evict all the Shias, adopt the Ikhwan doctrine, label the Turks "heretics", abolish smoking, munkar and prostitution, and destroy the American missionary hospital.