This was the first occasion on which the Ikhwan had been defeated in battle and the mood in Ibn Saud's camp was jubilant. Ibn Saud had lost some 200 men; the Ikhwan some 500. In view of the large numbers involved in the battle, such casualties may seem light but, in desert warfare, when one side achieved a clear advantage, it was customary to end the engagement. In all his battles, Ibn Saud avoided unnecessary bloodshed.
Ibn Saud was lenient in his treatment of Faisal Ad-Dawish. The old warrior had been badly injured with a bullet wound in the stomach and Ibn Saud may have thought he would die from his wounds. It is also suggested by some that Faisal Ad-Dawish had visited Ibn Saud the night before the battle and, after long discussion with his chief, had agreed to try to persuade Ibn Bijad and the Ikhwan rebels to abandon their revolt. Whatever the reason, Ibn Saud agreed to allow Faisal Ad-Dawish to withdraw to Kuwait.
Ibn Bijad, through the refusal of his emissary to exchange the formal Muslim greeting with Ibn Saud, met with a less kindly reception when he surrendered himself to Ibn Saud. He was incarcerated first in a Riyadh prison and then in a dungeon in Hofuf, and his settlement at Ghot-Ghot was razed to the ground.