Noun
(historical) A Wahhabi religious militia of the early 20th century, made up of traditionally nomadic tribesmen, which formed a significant military force of the ruler Ibn Saud and played an important role in establishing him as ruler of most of the Arabian Peninsula in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIkhwan units were massed on a large scale for the first time, and under Khalid bin Lu'ayy and Sultan bin Bajad rapidly advanced on Mecca and plundered it, laying waste to symbols of "heathen" practices. Source: Internet
After his Ikhwan armies chased Sharif Hussain of the Hijaz clear off the peninsula and into exile on Cyprus, he held a position of unassailable strength, and gained full British recognition of his sovereignty by the Treaty of Jiddah in 1927. Source: Internet
Based on this moment, the Ikhwan as-Safa believe that human audio arts are necessary echoes to remind us of the true music. Source: Internet
The Kuwaitis were largely outnumbered by the Ikhwan of Najd. Source: Internet
The Ikhwan revolted -- leading to a civil war that lasted until the 1930s, when the King had them put down: he machine-gunned them. Source: Internet
The authors of Rasail Ikhwan al-Saja refers to Balauhar's conversation with Budasaf (given here in the form of Yuzasaf). Source: Internet