- Ottoman return of Mecca 1813
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Ottoman return of Mecca and Jeddah 1813 Part of the Ottoman-Saudi war
Ottoman MeccaDate January 1813 Location Mecca, western Arabia Result Ottoman victory Belligerents Egypt Eyalet
First Saudi State
Commanders and leaders Mohammed Ali Pasha
Tusun Pasha
Faisal bin Saud AL-Kabeer
Strength 22,000[citation needed] 1,000[citation needed] Casualties and losses none. none. Ottoman return of Mecca 1813 (also known as the Battle of Mecca) happened several days after the recapture of Jeddah during the Ottoman-Saudi war. Diriyah's army and its 1,000 men in Mecca surrendered to Muhammad Ali of Egypt and Tusun Pasha, who recaptured the city for the Ottoman Empire.[citation needed]
References
- Facey, William & Grant, Gillian: Saudi Arabia by the First Photographers . ISBN 0-905743-74-1
- Captain G. S. Froster : A trip Across the Peninsula - Rehla Abr Al-Jazeera, (Arabic). Mombai - India, 1866.
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