Saudi conquest of Hejaz

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The Saudi conquest of Hejaz was a 1924–1925 military campaign in which the Sultanate of Nejd, led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud and his Ikhwan forces, defeated the Hashemite rulers and incorporated the holy cities of Mecca and Medina into what became modern Saudi Arabia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
war of unification
belligerent Ikhwan forces
commandedBy Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
conflict Saudi–Hashemite War
conflictResult Saudi victory
defeat of Hashemite forces
conflictType conventional warfare
countryInvolved Kingdom of Hejaz
Sultanate of Nejd
endTime 1925
followedBy eventual proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932
proclamation of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
hasCause Saudi–Hashemite rivalry for control of the Arabian Peninsula
religious and political opposition between Wahhabi Nejd and Hashemite Hejaz
hasEffect Saudi control of Mecca
Saudi control of Medina
end of the Kingdom of Hejaz as an independent state
expansion of Ibn Saud’s realm
step toward the creation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
historicalPeriod interwar period
location Hejaz
Kingdom of Hejaz
Sultanate of Nejd
opponentCommander Ali bin Hussein
Hussein bin Ali
opposedBy Hashemite loyalists
linked to: Hashemite dynasty
participant Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
Hashemite dynasty
Ikhwan
linked to: Ikhwan rebels
partOf unification of Saudi Arabia
politicalOutcome consolidation of Ibn Saud’s authority over western Arabia
weakening of Hashemite influence in the Arabian Peninsula
precededBy Saudi–Hashemite border clashes
region Arabian Peninsula
religiousOutcome Wahhabi control over the holy cities
religiousSignificance brought the Islamic holy cities under Saudi rule
significantPlace Jeddah
Mecca
Medina
Taif
startTime 1924
usedMilitaryForce Ikhwan tribal cavalry
Nejd regular forces
yearOfMeccaCapture 1924
yearOfMedinaCapture 1925

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Sharifate of Mecca causeOfDestruction Saudi conquest of Hejaz
Sharif of Mecca endCause Saudi conquest of Hejaz
Ibn Saud notableEvent Conquest of Hejaz 1924–1925
linked to: Saudi conquest of Hejaz
Saudi-Wahhabi forces notableEvent capture of Mecca
linked to: Saudi conquest of Hejaz
Egyptian-Saudi War follows Saudi conquest of Hejaz
Sharifs of Mecca endCause Saudi conquest of the Hejaz
linked to: Saudi conquest of Hejaz
Saudi–Rashidi conflict followedBy Saudi conquest of Hejaz