in Syria, conducted an attack at the end of March 1926 upon 'Ajil al Yawar, a Sheikh of the Iraqi Shammar. In April 1959 however, the CIA's Foreign Broadcast Information Service reported that the Iraqi and Syrian branches of the Shammar were able to bury their differences, both joining an alliance with the Syrian Baath Party against a common enemy. The current leader of the Syrian Shammar is Sheikh Humaydi Daham al-Hadi. His son Bandar al-Humaydi is military leader of al-Sanadid Forces, a Shammar militia formed in 2013 nominally to protect the tribe's interests from ISIL. Timeline 1171–1172: Abda joins Saladin against the crusaders. 1301: First mention of the tribe Shammar, as a separate tribe in the book Masalik Alabsar by Ibn Fadhl. 1417: The city of Al Majma'ah is built by Abdullah ibn Saif Alwibari Alshammari. 1455: IBN Ali Emirate is formed under Ali Alkabeer bin Attya Bin Jaffar after the defeat and exile of former ruler of Jabal Tayy Bhaij Bin Theeban Alzubaidi 1446: The first known battle between Shammar and Anazah is fought by Bin Baqar of Alaslam and Altayyar of Anazah. 1489 Husain Al ali is dubbed Prince of the desert Shamar's Dominion is established in Najd 1517 The Ottoman Empire is established. c. 1521: the name Shammar becomes prominent. 1522: Shammar backs Bani Khalid against Aluyonien. 1609: Shammar unites with Bani Khalid against the sharif of Makkah. 1690: First Exodus into Iraq. 1696: Shammar raids Baghdad. 1744: The Emirate of Diriyah, the first Saudi Kingdom, established. 1749–1762: Shammar raids reach northern Baghdad despite the strong ruler Sulaiman Abu Layla Pasha. 1750–1760: Wahabi movement emerges. 1764: Migration of individuals of Alzagareet of Abdah to Southern Iraq under the leadership of Yousef bin Nasr. 1765: alaslam and zaghareet between Hīt and Karabla. 1776: Sheikh Mutlag bin Thanian invades Alhafeer area. 1779: Jabal Shammar falls to Saudi domination. 1781 (or 1791): Battle of Aladwa between Aljarba and Ibn Saud. 1780: Shammar joins Bani Khalid and Muntafig and the Sharifate of Mecca to conquer Alsaud. 1790: Wahabis raid southern Iraq early in the year. 1790: Shammar is allied with the Sherif of Mecca against Alasaud. 1791: Alsaud launches a surprise attack on Shammar and wins two battles 70 miles south-east of Hayel. 1791: Late in the year some Shamaris join other Bedouins in an attack against Alsaud; Muslit bin Mutlag is killed. 1791: Mutlag Aljarba takes Shammar to safer