What the records say
- When
- 28 Jan 1928
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 29.35° N, 47.68° E
- Description
- battle between the Ikhwan and combined Kuwaiti-British forces
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Al-Regeai
Part of the Ikhwan Revolt (1928)
The Battle of Al-Regeai also known as Battle of Atheriyat in Kuwait was a fight between approximately 500 Ikhwan horsemen and the Kuwaiti military. It occurred on 28 January 1928. It was the final significant military engagement in Kuwait's early historical period. It transpired under the rule of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the 10th ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حدوث معركة الرقعي بين الكويتيين والإخوان (إخوان من أطاع الله)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page