Al-Khurma dispute

First Saudi–Hashemite War
Part of the Unification of Saudi Arabia
DateJuly 1918 – 4 July 1919
Location
Result

Ceasefire

Belligerents

Najd and Hasa

  • Ikhwan tribesmen
  • Al-Khurma tribesmen
Hejaz
Commanders and leaders
Abdulaziz bin Saud
Sultan bin Bajad
Hamud ibn Omar 
Khalid ibn Mansur 
Hussein bin Ali
Abdullah bin Hussein
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed 5,000 killed
+7,000 soldiers and +1,392 civilians killed[1]

The First Saudi–Hashemite War, also known as the First Nejd–Hejaz War or the al-Khurma dispute, took place in 1918–19 between Abdulaziz Ibn Saud of the Emirate of Nejd and Hasa and the Hashemites of the Kingdom of Hejaz.

The war came within the scope of the historic conflict between the Hashemites of Hejaz and the Saudis of Riyadh (Nejd) over supremacy in Arabia.[2] It resulted in the defeat of the Hashemite forces and capture of al-Khurma by the Saudis and their allied Ikhwan, but British intervention prevented immediate collapse of the Hashemite kingdom, establishing a sensitive ceasefire that would last until 1924.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference arkansas was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mikaberidze. P.799