Provoked by the death of Dhidan bin Hithlain and encouraged by Faisal Ad-Dawish's success against Ibn Saud's men at the well of Al-Gaiah, near Majma'a, the Ikhwan remained in a state of rebellion against the authority of Ibn Saud. But the flow of history was against them.
Faisal Ad-Dawish, the most durable and recalcitrant of the Ikhwan chieftains, tried to enlist the support of the Sheikh of Kuwait by offering the return of land which Ibn Saud had taken from the Kuwaiti ruler through the agreement reached with Sir Percy Cox at Uqair. But his proposal was rejected by the Sheikh and the British political agent in Kuwait. The British had extended their protection to Kuwait and it was inconceivable that the Kuwaiti ruler should support the Ikhwan who now had to face Ibn Saud in the south and a greatly strengthened British presence in the northern border territory in Iraq.