Despite Mutaib's popularity with the people of Ha'il, he was not supported by the Obaid branch of the Al Rashid family.
Sultan and two of his brothers, Saud and Faisal, began planning to murder the Emir and other members of the House of Rashid in order to seize control.
[4] The only son of Abdulaziz who was not killed in the bloodshed was Saud, half-brother of the murdered Emir, who was taken to Medina.
Sultan married Saud's mother, Moudi and had a son, Ali, and a daughter, Abta.
Sultan allied with the Emir of Buraydah, Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Muhanna, and the Sheikh of Mutair, Faisal al-Duwaish, against Ibn Saud, though this was not enough to quell the growing Wahhabi power, and they were defeated at the Battle of Tarfiya.