Capture of Al Hinakiyah

The Capture of Al Hinakiyah was a military engagement between the Saudi army led by Saud bin Abdulaziz and the Ottoman garrison, who were stationed at Al Hinakiyah, they successfully expelled the Ottoman garrison.

[3] Al Hinaiyah fortress lies twenty leagues before Medina,[4] and the Ottoman garrison was supported by the Harb tribe.

Saud then decided to face off against the enemy tribe before heading to Al Hinakiya.

[5] Saud marched to Al Hinakiyah; the Ottoman fort had 300 men and was led by Osman Kashif; the Ottomans resisted for some time but were forced to capitulate to the larger Saudi forces; and the garrison was promised a safe passage to Iraq, in which Saud gave his word and ordered Muhammad Bin Ali with some force to escort them safely there.

He then reached Mount Uhud where he met an Ottoman cavalry force and defeated them, killing thirty of them.