Šaqrā'

Shakra is a town of al-Washm in the Najd plateau, south of Ushayqir and among the settlements of the historic Yamama country. Its fortified town and palm gardens lay on the route through central Arabia toward Diriyah. During Ibrahim Pasha's campaign against the first Saudi state in 1818, the people of Shakra prepared for siege. A Najdi chronicle describes the digging of a wide ditch, the construction of a wall beside it and the gathering of food for a long defence. After the Egyptian army advanced from Qasim and bombarded the town, its inhabitants sought terms. Ibrahim continued to Dhurma and then to the Saudi capital at Diriyah.