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Siege of Diriyah
Part of the Najd Expedition

Map of Diriyah where some battles happened nearby the fort
Date22 April – 9 September 1818
Location
Diriyah
Result

Ottoman victory

  • End of the Wahhabi War
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Saudi Arabia First Saudi State
Commanders and leaders
Ottoman Empire Ibrahim Pasha Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Saud Executed
Strength
5,500 men
or
7,600 men (4,300 Turkish and Albanian soldiers
2,000 cavalrymen
1,300 Maghrebi cavalrymen
150 gunners)
Unknown
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed 1,300 killed

The siege of Diriyah took place in late 1818 at the end of the Wahhabi War of 1811–1818 during the Nejd Expedition.

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