A report on Grand Mosque seizure and Otaibah
The seizure was led by Juhayman al-Otaybi, a member of the Otaibah family, influential in Najd.
- Grand Mosque seizureThe Grand Mosque seizure lasted until 4 December and resulted in the deaths of many civilian hostages, Saudi security personnel and most of the rebels, including Muhammad al-Qahtani.
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Juhayman al-Otaybi
2 linksJuhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaybi (جهيمان بن محمد بن سيف العتيبي; 16 September 1936 – 9 January 1980), was a Saudi terrorist and soldier who in 1979 led the seizure of the Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia's holiest mosque, to protest against the Saudi monarchy.
This settlement (known as a hijra) was populated by members of Otaybi's tribe, the 'Utaybah tribe, one of the most pre-eminent tribes of the Najd region.
Sultan bin Bajad al-Otaybi
1 linksSultan bin Bajad bin Hameed al-Otaybi (سلطان بن بجاد بن حميد العتيبي Sulṭan ibn Bajad ibn Ḥamīd Al ʿOtaibī; 1876 – 1932) was a member of the Otaibah tribe and one of the leaders of the Ikhwan movement in Saudi Arabia, the virtual army that supported King Abdulaziz to build his kingdom between 1910 and 1927.
His grandson, Juhayman al-Otaybi, led the seizure of the Masjid al-Haram by extremists seeking to overthrow the House of Saud, resulting in his capture and execution.
House of Saud
1 linksRuling royal family of Saudi Arabia.
Ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia.
On 20 November 1979, the Grand Mosque seizure saw the al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca violently seized by a group of 500 heavily armed and provisioned Saudi dissidents led by Juhayman al-Otaybi and Abdullah al-Qahtani, consisting mostly of members of the former Ikhwan militia of Otaibah but also of other peninsular Arabs and a few Egyptians enrolled in Islamic studies at the Islamic University of Madinah.