Battle of Hamdh

The Battle of Hamdh (1919)
In 1915, during the reign of His Highness the 8th Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber II, H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah; the grandson of the 5th Ruler of Kuwait H.H. Sheikh Abdallah II Sabah II Al-Jaber I Al-Sabah; was requested by H.E Sheikh Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah who was the battle commander of Defense and Security Forces in the desert to join under the command of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah as a knight and squadron leader. Accordingly, H.E.Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah took on that assignment until H.H. Sheikh Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah became the 9th Ruler of Kuwait in 1917, when a new battle commander for Defense and Security Forces was appointed under whom Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah operated until the Hamadh Battle in 1919.

This battle resulted from a village settlement built by the Ikhwan group within the Kuwaiti borders. This malpractice prompted His Highness Sheikh Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to dispatch the men of the Kuwaiti cavalry commanded by H.E.Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah. The orders of the Kuwaiti cavalry were not to engage the ennemy at first. However, the Ikhwan group led by Faisal al-Duwaish, conducted a surpirse attack against the men of the Kuwaiti cavalry who had no intentions of engaging the enemy in combat at first. The Ikhwan group consisted of five thousand cavalrymen against two thousand Kuwaiti cavalrymen. The battle took its course through six days of intense combat and resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. The wounded were treated with salt and water as there were no medical personnel or supplies.