Najran conflict explained

The Najran conflict was a poorly documented conflict over Najran in the early 1930s fought between the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.

Historical accounts

All known details are provided on page 322 of St John Philby's 1955 book Saudi Arabia, which gives the following account:^[1] The conflict is also mentioned on page 54 of Nadav Safran's 1988 book Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security,^[2] which gives a similar account, likely based on that of Philby:^[3]

Commentary

In an enquiry in 2017, the Correlates of War project was unable to find any further information, and found that The Times did not contain any mention of such incident. They went on to add the following statement:

See also

• 1931 Saudi–Yemeni border skirmish, a preceding Saudi–Yemeni conflict
• Saudi–Yemeni War (1934), a subsequent Saudi–Yemeni conflict
• List of wars involving Saudi Arabia

Notes and References

1. Book: Philby, Harry St John Bridger. Saʻudi Arabia. 1955. Benn. 322. en.
2. Book: Safran, Nadav. Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security. 1988. Cornell University Press. 9780801494840. 54. en.
3. Web site: Report on MIDs that could not be found. Gibler. Dougla. Miller. Steven. 2017. dmgibler.people.ua.edu. 6 September 2019. Little. Erin.