... Ikhwan movement spread Wahhabi Islam among the nomads. Stressing the same strict adherence to religious law of the Wahhabi sect, Ikhwan Bedouin abandoned their traditional way of life in the desert and move to an agricultural settlement called a hijra. (Lacey 143) The word hijra was related to the term for the Prophet's emigration from Mecca to Medina in the year 622 ... from taking over much of the gulf coast where they had established protectorates with several ruling dynasties. They also opposed Abdul Aziz's efforts to extend his influence beyond the Jordanian, Syrian, and Iraqi dese...

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