Saudi–Hashemite War

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The Saudi–Hashemite War was a 1919–1925 conflict in the Arabian Peninsula that led to the defeat of the Hashemite rulers of the Hejaz and paved the way for the unification of Saudi Arabia under Ibn Saud.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saudi–Hashemite War canonical 5
Saudi unification wars 1
Saudi–Hashemite border clashes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Saudi–Hejaz War ⓘ
belligerent Emirate of Riyadh ⓘ
linked to: Sultanate of Nejd

Hashemite dynasty ⓘ
Ikhwan (Saudi tribal forces) ⓘ
linked to: Ikhwan rebels

Kingdom of Hejaz ⓘ
Sultanate of Nejd ⓘ
cause religious and political tensions between Wahhabi Saudis and Hashemite Sharifs ⓘ
rivalry between Nejd and Hejaz for control of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
chronology followed the Arab Revolt and World War I ⓘ
combatantStrength regular Hejazi army and local tribal levies on the Hashemite side ⓘ
tribal forces and Ikhwan militias on the Saudi side ⓘ
commander Abdulaziz Ibn Saud ⓘ
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz ⓘ
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca ⓘ
conflictType inter-state war ⓘ
consequence Hashemite focus shifted to Iraq and Transjordan ⓘ
end of Hashemite rule in Hejaz ⓘ
expansion of Saudi control to the Red Sea coast ⓘ
foundation for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 ⓘ
endTime 1925 ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
location Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
Nejd ⓘ
opponentOf Kingdom of Hejaz ⓘ
Sultanate of Nejd ⓘ
partOf history of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
history of the Hejaz ⓘ
unification of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
predecessorConflict Saudi–Rashidi conflict ⓘ
primaryTheater western Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
relatedTo creation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
unification of the Nejd and Hejaz ⓘ
religiousDimension conflict between Wahhabi movement and Hashemite-led traditional Sunni establishment ⓘ
result Saudi victory ⓘ
annexation of Hejaz by Nejd ⓘ
defeat of the Hashemite rulers of Hejaz ⓘ
paving the way for the creation of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
significantEvent Saudi capture of Jeddah ⓘ
Saudi capture of Mecca ⓘ
Saudi capture of Taif ⓘ
abdication of Hussein bin Ali in Hejaz ⓘ
fall of the Kingdom of Hejaz ⓘ
proclamation of Ali bin Hussein as King of Hejaz ⓘ
startTime 1919 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharifate of Mecca → conflict → Saudi–Hashemite War ⓘ
Kingdom of Hejaz → partOfConflict → Saudi–Hashemite War ⓘ
Saudi–Hashemite War → alsoKnownAs → Saudi–Hejaz War ⓘ
linked to: Saudi–Hashemite War
Saudi conquest of Hejaz → precededBy → Saudi–Hashemite border clashes ⓘ
linked to: Saudi–Hashemite War
Saudi conquest of Hejaz → conflict → Saudi–Hashemite War ⓘ
Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz → conflict → Saudi–Hashemite War ⓘ
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz → conflict → Saudi–Hashemite War ⓘ
Ajlan ibn Mohammed → conflict → Saudi unification wars ⓘ
linked to: Saudi–Hashemite War