Saudi conquest of Hejaz

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military campaign war of unification

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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Conquest of Hejaz 1924–1925 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
war of unification ⓘ
belligerent Ikhwan forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBy Abdulaziz Ibn Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Saudi–Hashemite War NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictResult Saudi victory ⓘ
defeat of Hashemite forces ⓘ
conflictType conventional warfare ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sultanate of Nejd NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sultanate of Nejd NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentCommander Ali bin Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hussein bin Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Hashemite loyalists NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant Abdulaziz Ibn Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hashemite dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ikhwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOutcome Wahhabi control over the holy cities ⓘ
religiousSignificance brought the Islamic holy cities under Saudi rule ⓘ
significantPlace Jeddah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taif NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1924 ⓘ
usedMilitaryForce Ikhwan tribal cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nejd regular forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 → Saudi conquest of Hejaz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conquest of Hejaz 1924–1925