battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Jabal Shammar

Name: Battle of Jabal Shammar
Location: Saudi Arabia

Battle of Jabal Shammar was a battle fought in 1929 in what is now Saudi Arabia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q3938020. The recorded result: Saudi victory. Recorded strength: 500 men against 1,500 men.

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Fought1929

WhereSaudi Arabia28.680N, 44.693E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSaudi victory

BelligerentsIkhwanagainstKingdom of Hejaz and Nejd

Casualties and losses450 killedand500 killed

Part ofQ3938020

Where it sits in Q3938020

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Record

Date	1929 (year precision)
Place	Saudi Arabia 28.680N, 44.693E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	500 men	1,500 men
Casualties and losses	450 killed	500 killed; 1,000 killed
Commanders	Azaiyiz bin Faisal al-Duwaish	Nida bin Naheer

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Al-Rakhima 1900, 108 km NE
Battle of Dhu Qar AD 609, 161 km N
Battle of Wadi Al-Batin 1991, 188 km E
Battle of Al Busayyah 1991, 210 km NE
Battle of 73 Easting 1991, 211 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Sabilla 1929

Elsewhere in 1929

Battle of Lahasusu China
Second Battle of Guangzhou People's Republic of China
Siege of Naco Mexico
Battle of Tepatitlán Mexico
Battle of Nanning People's Republic of China

Battle of Jabal Shammar is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 71 in present-day Saudi Arabia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871297, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jabal Shammar (1929), revision 1378667366, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.