Battle of Khakeekera

Battle of Khakeekera
Date March 1811 Location Al Khuwayr Result Kuwaiti-Bahraini victory
Belligerents
Bahrain Kuwait	Diriyah
Commanders and leaders
Jaber bin Abdullah of Kuwait	Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami
Units involved
200 ships	60 ships
Casualties and losses
1,000 dead	300 dead

The Battle of Khakeekera (Arabic: معركة خكيكرة) was a naval battle that took place in March 1811 between the forces of Bahrain (led by Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa) and of Kuwait (led by Jaber I Al-Sabah) on one side, and those of the Emirate of Diriyah (or First Saudi State) led by Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami, the pirate ruler of Dammam and some villages in Qatar, on the other. The battle took place northwest of Qatar and ended with a Bahraini-Kuwaiti victory.^[1]