Saudi conquest of Hejaz
1924–1925 conflict in Arabia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Saudi conquest of Hejaz or the Second Saudi-Hashemite War, also known as the Hejaz-Nejd War, was a campaign engaged by Saudi Sultan Abdulaziz to take over the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz in 1924–25, ending with conquest and incorporation of Hejaz into the Saudi domain.
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Saudi conquest of Hejaz | |||||||
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Part of the Unification of Saudi Arabia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sultanate of Nejd | Kingdom of Hejaz | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abdulaziz bin Saud Sultan bin Bajad |
Hussein bin Ali Ali bin Hussein | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Najdi Army Ikhwan | Sharifian Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
73,000 men[1] |
10,000 men[2][3] 8 aircraft[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
Unknown killed 5 armoured vehicles 1 aircraft | ||||||
450 killed in total |
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