Nejd Expedition
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| Ottoman Attack on Nejd 1817-1818 | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman-Saudi war | |||||||
 Nejd and Al-Qasim. |
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| Combatants | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire (Egyptians) |
 First Saudi State |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Ibrahim Pasha |
Abdullah I |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 800 killed. | 5,000 killed , 12,000 civialian killed ,destruction of several villages. | ||||||
| Battles of the Ottoman-Saudi War |
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| Yanbu 1811 - Al-Safra - Medina 1812 – Jeddah 1813 - Mecca 1813 - Asir 1815 – Nejd 1818 – Diriyah 1818 |
Ottoman Attack on Nejd 1817-1818 was a series of military conflicts of an anger character waged by Ottomans from 1817-1818, Led by Ibrahim Pasha ,with the goal of capturing Diriyah and the end the First Saudi State by the order of Ottoman sultan.
about 30,000 soldjers started from Hnakiyah in western Medina, have cuptured village of Mawiyah in november of 1817 , then Al-rus , Al-Khabra , Unaizah and Buraidah in december of 1817 , and reached Riyadh in 1818.
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