Timeline (No Saudi Arabia)

When Ibn Saud failed to take Riyadh, a seemingly minor battle kickstarted a whole new timeline.

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January

 * Before the 13th: Ibn Saud and all of the Kuwaiti men that went with him are captured in Al Qassim, Jabal Shammar.
 * January 15th: News reaches Emir Abd al-Aziz ibn Mutib, leader of Jabal Shammar, about what happened in Al Qassim. He declares war on Kuwait in response, starting the Kuwait War.
 * January 16th: Kuwait City is surrounded.
 * January 19th: Due to Kuwait's protectorate status in the UK, the UK declares war on Jabal Shammar.
 * January 23rd: Kuwait City falls.
 * January 25th: UK forces in Qatar are attacked in Doha. The Battle of Doha is a Jabal Shammar defeat.
 * January 30th: Kuwait is recaptured. British forces reach Riyadh.

February

 * February 2nd: British forces, not used to the heat, lose the battle of Riyadh. Jabal Shammar forces are able to push back.
 * February 5th: The Governor of Riyadh attempts to contact the Governor of Qatar, asking if they want peace.
 * February 9th: Kuwaiti forces enter Jabal Shammar. The UK is pushed back to Doha for a second time.
 * February 10th: London disapproves peace. More forces from Egypt are sent.
 * February 12th: All of Qatar is taken. Kuwaiti forces have a large battle, where they are victorious.
 * February 19th: Egyptian forces land on the small Jabal Shammar coast.
 * February 21st: The Trucial States are attacked.
 * February 28th: The Battle of Abu Dhabi is a UK success. However, it is very costly.

March

 * March 3rd: The Treaty of Doha is signed, with the UK withdrawing from Kuwait, and Qatar being annexed by Jabal Shammar.
 * March 8th: Parliament does not ratify the treaty. They want to keep Qatar.
 * March 11th: The last battle of the war, the Battle of the Hawar Islands, is a Jabal Shammar success.
 * March 15th: Abd al-Aziz ibn Mutib asks to annex only part of Qatar.
 * March 21st: The Treaty of Bahrain, which only had part of Qatar annexed, is ratified.Treatyofbahrain.png

April

 * April 2nd: The Kuwait War is viewed as a huge failure of the British Empire. In response, doubts of the UK's strength cause a riot to break out in London.
 * April 16th: Hong Kong has a riot. It is caused by many Chinese people wanting it to rejoin the Qing Empire.
 * April 29th: Due to Police crackdown, a second riot happens in London.

May

 * May 4th: The UK officially withdraws from Kuwait.
 * May 8th: Jabal Shammar enters an alliance with the Ottoman Empire.
 * May 21st: The Ottoman Empire invades Kuwait.
 * May 23rd: Kuwait is annexed.

June

 * June 2nd: The UK and Greece sign a pact, saying that if the Ottomans and Greece fight, the UK will help Greece.
 * June 20th: Because of supposed British weakness, the Ottomans begin plans to invade Egypt.
 * June 30th: Austria-Hungary, wanting to extend Balkan power, also says it will protect Greece.

July

 * July 8th: The invasion of Egypt is set for December 3rd.
 * July 10th: Greece, Austria-Hungary, and Britain begin a plan to take over Thrace.
 * July 27th: Russia is invited to join in on the invasion, which they do.

September

 * September 5th: Greek forces land Thessaloniki in a surprise attack, starting the Great War. Austria Hungary invades through Bosnia, and Russia lands in Trabzon.
 * September 7th: Tripolitania is invaded by Egyptian forces, which reach Tobruk. Russia starts pushing towards Mesopatamia.
 * September 10th: Jabal Shammar invades the Trucial States and the Aden Protectorate.
 * September 15th: A Russian supported Kurdish revolt starts. Greek forces occupy much of Thrace. The Invasion of Tripolitania is reversed. The Sinai Peninsula is invaded.
 * September 23rd: Most of the Trucial States are captured.

October

 * October 2nd: Qatar and Bahrain are invaded.
 * October 4th: Jabal Shammar annexes Qatar and the Hawar Islands. Austria-Hungary sends forces to Greece.
 * October 7th: The Ottomans reach the Nile.
 * October 9th: Constantinople is surrounded. Ottoman forces land in Achaea.
 * October 18th: An uprising starts in Alexandria. It is soon repressed.
 * October 23rd: British forces land in Jeddah.
 * October 24th: The landing in Achaea surrounds Athens, forcing Greece to pull back.
 * October 30th: The Ottomans lose the Battle of Cairo. The morale boost allows forces to push back.

November

 * November 3rd: Germany joins the war on the Ottoman side, hoping to take land.
 * November 5th: German East Africa is invaded by Britain.
 * November 8th: France declares war on Germany. Austria-Hungary invades Silesia, taking some land near the border.
 * November 15th: Breslau (Wroclaw) is reached by Austria Hungary. All of the UK's possesions in Arabia are captured by Jabal Shammar.
 * November 20th: Innsbruck is invaded by Germany. Coblenz is captured by France.
 * November 23rd: France is pushed back to Strasbourg and the Belgian border.
 * November 25th: Kamerun and South West Africa are invaded. The Ottomans are pushed back to the Sinai Peninsula. Austria-Hungary reaches the Border with Russia.
 * November 27th: Russia invades Ostpreußen.
 * November 30th: Breslau is recaptured.

December

 * December 1st: Jabal Shammar pushes the Russians out of parts of Mesopotamia.
 * December 3rd: The Ottomans push the Jeddah invasion out.
 * December 9th: A Kurdish puppet state is set up by Russia. It's capital is Erbil.
 * December 13th: The Sinai Peninsula is taken by the UK. Palestine is taken.
 * December 19th: Prague is taken by Germany. France is pushed out of Germany.
 * December 23rd: Greece pushes the Ottomans out of Achaea and Athens. They go back on the offensive.
 * December 29th: Jerusalem is taken. Britain pushes into Hejaz.1902.png