Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa captures the…

February 1843 CE

Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa captures the fort and town of Riffa, the second largest  in the Emirate of Bahrain, in February 1843, after the rival branch of the family fails to gain control of the Riffa Fort and flees to Manama.

Shaikh Mohamed bin Ahmed is killed at the battle, called the Battle of Hunayniya.

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