Battle of Hamdh

The Battle of Hamdh (Arabic:معركة حمض ) involved 2,000 Ikhwan fighters and 100 Kuwaiti cavalry accompanied by 200 Kuwaiti infantrymen. The battle lasted six days and resulted in heavy but unknown casualties on both sides.

Battle of Hamdh
Part of the Kuwait-Najd War
Date18–24 May 1920
Location
Qaryat al-Ulya, Saudi Arabia
Result Ikhwan victory and subsequent Battle of Jahra
Belligerents

Sultanate of Nejd

Sheikhdom of Kuwait

Commanders and leaders
Faisal al-Dwaish Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
Sheikh Duaij Salman Al-Sabah
Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah (WIA)
Strength
2,000 men 100 cavalrymen, 200 infantrymen

See also

References
  1. Reeva S. Simon; Philip Mattar; Richard W. Bulliet (1996). Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East - Volume 1. p. 119. Fighting between Kuwait's forces and Wahhabi supporters of Ibn Sa'ud broke out in May 1920, and the former were soundly defeated. Within a few weeks, the citizens of Kuwait constructed a new wall to protect Kuwait City.
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