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...Hamad Ibn Rafada crossed the Hejaz border from Transjordania at the head of 800 armed Bedouins, swearing that he would march to Mecca, depose Ibn Saud, set up a new prince of the old Hashimite dynasty. Ibn Saud sent 1,000 followers out to meet him near Jebel Shammarwith machine guns, armored cars. After a nine-hour battle the Bili were routed, 360 were killed. Hamad Ibn Rafada was decapitated, his head sent to Dhaba where the boys got a new plaything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Bili Putsch | 8/15/1932 | See Source »

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