Capture of Mecca (1924)
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Not to be confused with Capture of Mecca (1813).
The Capture of Mecca took place on 5 December 1924 in Mecca, as part of the Saudi conquest of the Kingdom of Hejaz by King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud of the Sultanate of Nejd. The Hejaz region was ruled as a kingdom under King Hussein bin Ali of the Hashemite family. The battle in Mecca ended with the defeat of Hejaz and the Hashemites by Nejd and the Saudis.
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Part of Saudi conquest of Hejaz | |||||||
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Sultanate of Najd | Kingdom of Hejaz | ||||||
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Abdulaziz Ibn Saud Sultan bin Bajad |
Hussein bin Ali Ali bin Hussein |
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