after the conquest of the hejaz, the ikhwan leadership's objective switched to expansion of the wahhabist realm into the british protectorates of transjordan, iraq and kuwait, and began raiding those territories. this met with ibn saud's opposition, as he recognized the danger of a direct conflict with the british. at the same time, the ikhwan became disenchanted with ibn saud's domestic policies which appeared to favor modernization and the increase in the number of non-muslim foreigners in the country. as a result, they turned against ibn saud and, after a two-year struggle, were defeated in 1929 at the battle of sabilla, where their leaders were massacred. on 23 september 1932, the two kingdoms of the hejaz and nejd were united as the kingdom of saudi arabia, and that date is now a national holiday called saudi national day.