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 ⓘ