Ottoman–Wahhabi war

August 1, 1811 – September 9, 1818

Result Ottoman victory

War in which Muhammad Ali's Egyptian army, fighting for the Ottoman sultan, retook Mecca and Medina and destroyed the first Saudi state by taking its capital Diriyah in 1818.

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Battles 6

1811

Capture of Yanbu (1811) Ottoman-Egyptian victory Yanbu Tusun Pasha

1812

Battle of Al-Safra Wahhabi victory Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Tusun Pasha

November 1812

Battle of Medina (1812) Ottoman–Egyptian victory Medina Tusun Pasha

1813

Capture of Mecca (1813) Ottoman-Egyptian victory Mecca Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mustafa ibn Mahmud

1813

Capture of Jeddah (1813) Ottoman-Egyptian victory Jeddah Muhammad Ali of Egypt

September 29, 1817 – September 9, 1818

Expedition to Najd (1817–1818) Ottoman-Egyptian victory Al-Qassim · Najd Mahmud II, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ibrahim Pasha

Key commanders

Ottoman Empire 5

Mahmud II belligerent leader

Muhammad Ali of Egypt Ruler of Egypt who led the war for the Ottomans Ibrahim Pasha Commander who took Diriyah Tusun Pasha military commander Mustafa ibn Mahmud military commander

Emirate of Diriyah 1

Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud military commander