Battle of Mulayda

Battle of Mulayda
Date 21 January 1891 Location Qassim region, (in today's Saudi Arabia) 29°43′N39°30′E / 29.717°N 39.500°E / 29.717; 39.500 Result Decisive Rashidi victory End of Second Saudi State
Belligerents
Rashidi State Shammar Harb Dhafeer	Second Saudi State Al-Qassim Mutair Otaiba
Commanders and leaders
Muḥammad bin ʿAbdullah Al Rashid	Hassan ibn Muhanna Zamil ibn Sulaym   †
Strength
27,000	24,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Mulayda was the last major battle during the period of the Second Saudi State which occurred on 21 January 1891. ^[1] Following problems over Zakat and the arrest of the Rashidi leader, Ibn Sabhan, the Rashidis planned to end the Saudi State and conquer both Qassim region and Riyadh. The Rashidis and their Arab ally clans successfully ended the Second Saudi State, forcing the House of Saud, led by Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, and their allies to flee. ^[2]

See also

• List of wars involving Saudi Arabia

References

1. Lawrence Paul Goldrup (1971). Saudi Arabia 1902 - 1932: The Development of a Wahhabi Society (PhD thesis). University of California, Los Angeles. p. 24. ProQuest   302463650.
2. "Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1)". King Abdulaziz Information Source. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

• Musil, op, p. 279
• Hogarth, The Penetration of Arabia, p. 288
• Winder. p. 499
• Anne Blunt, op, cit, vol,2 p. 2-3
• Philby, Arabia of the Wahabis p. 275