Faisal Ad-Dawish was now an old, battle-weary warrior whose dreams of holding to the old ways had finally been dashed. Under continuous harassment by Ibn Saud's men, Faisal Ad-Dawish eventually led what remained of his own forces into Kuwait, not, as he had done before, to raid the Kuwaiti villages, but now to seek sanctuary. There, in the company of Colonel H R P Dickson (the British political agent), he set out from his camp for the nearby Royal Air Force base where he formally surrendered his sword to Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Burnett.
Ibn Saud demanded that Faisal Ad-Dawish and his followers should be handed over to him. They were wanted criminals who had rebelled against the legitimate authority of the King; they had wrought havoc in Iraq and Kuwait. But the British, initially, insisted that Faisal Ad-Dawish was a political prisoner. A delegation, led by Dickson, was sent to plead with Ibn Saud. They met the King at Uqair, the point at which the lands of Ibn Saud, Iraq and Kuwait met and presented their case, but Ibn Saud was adamant and, in the end, the British had no alternative but to accede to his demands.
Ibn Saud had agreed to temper justice with mercy. The lives of the rebels were spared, but Faisal Ad-Dawish (together with his comrades in arms, Ibn Lami and Naif bin Aba Al-Khalab) were imprisoned in the fort in Riyadh.
The Ikhwan rebellion was ended. Ibn Saud, with his usual magnanimity in victory, treated the Ad-Dawish family with kindness, allowing them to live in Riyadh. Faisal Ad-Dawish himself was kept in prison where, a little over a year later, the old Ikhwan warrior died.