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November 1812
The Battle of Medina in 1812 was part of the First Campaign of the Ottoman–Wahhabi war. Following his defeat at the Battle of Al-Safra, Tusun Pasha's forces regrouped and made another attempt to reach Saud's Wahhabi forces in Medina.
1813
The Capture of Mecca in 1813 took place several days after the Ottoman Capture of Jeddah in the First Campaign of the Ottoman–Wahhabi war.
1813
The Capture of Jeddah, a west Arabian (Hejaz) port City, occurred in 1813. It occurred with no casualties in the First Campaign of the Ottoman-Wahhabi war.
April 1818 – 15 September 1818
The siege of Diriyah was a successful Ottoman siege that took place in late 1818 at the end of the Wahhabi War of 1811–1818 during the Nejd Expedition.
24 January 1891
The Battle of Mulayda was the last major battle during the period of the Second Saudi State which occurred on 21 January 1891 over issues regarding zakat and the arrest of the Rashidi leader. The Rashidis plotted to end the Saudi state and conquer both the Qassim region and Riyadh.
13 January 1902
The Battle of Riyadh or the Reconquest of Riyadh, was fought on 13 January 1902 in Riyadh, then part of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar. It was a conflict between the Rashidi dynasty and the House of Saud, and ended with Ibn Saud successfully capturing the walled city.
27 January 1903
The Battle of Dilam was a battle fought on 27 January 1903 between the Third Saudi State under Ibn Saud and the Emirate of Jabal Shammar under Abdulaziz bin Mutaib during the Unification of Saudi Arabia. The battle took place at Ad-Dilam, south of Riyadh, and ended in a Saudi victory.
March 1904
The Battle of Unaizah (Arabic: معركة عنيزة) took place during the early stage of the Saudi-Rashidi War. Abdulaziz captured Unaizah (Anaiza) in March 1904, killing 370 while losing only two men.
15 June 1904
Battle of al-Bukayriyya was a major battle of the 1903–1907 Saudi–Rashidi War, during the Unification of Saudi Arabia campaign, fought between the ruling Rashidi dynasty and the Saudi rebels. It occurred in July 1904 at the town of Bekeriyah in the Qassim region.
29 September 1904
The Battle of Shinanah was a major battle of the Saudi–Rashidi War, during the Unification of Saudi Arabia campaign, between the Rashidi dynasty and Saudi rebels. It occurred on 29 September 1904, in the town of Shinanah in Qassim region.
12 April 1906
The Battle of Rawdat Muhanna (Arabic: معركة روضة مهنا or Arabic: معركة روضة ابن مهنا) was a major battle of the Saudi–Rashidi War, during the unification of Saudi Arabia, fought between the Rashidi dynasty and Saudi rebels. It occurred on 12 April 1906, in Muhanna's Gardens in Qassim region.
7 January 1912 – 8 January 1912
The Battle of Kunfuda Bay was a naval battle of the Italo-Turkish War between small squadrons of the Italian and Ottoman navies. On 7 January 1912, the Italian protected cruiser Piemonte and the Soldato-class destroyers Artigliere and Garibaldino, cruising the Red Sea, discovered six Ottoman gunboats, a tugboat, and a yacht in the harbor at Kunfuda.
10 June 1916 – 23 September 1916
The Battle of Taif was fought between Ottoman forces and Syed Hussien bin Ali Sharif of Mecca in 1916. The Ottoman Army was in Taif, with Syed's forces besieging the city and after many weeks siege and fiercest struggle Syed's forces were able to capture the Taif.
10 June 1916 – 10 January 1919
The siege of Medina lasted from 10 June 1916 to 10 January 1919, when Hejazi Arab rebels surrounded the Islamic holy city, which was then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire joined the war on the side of the Central Powers under the leadership of the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed V. In an attempt to weaken the Ottomans, the Allies provoked an Arab Revolt within the empire led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali of Mecca.
10 June 1916 – 4 July 1916
The Battle of Mecca occurred in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in June and July 1916. On June 10, the Sharif of Mecca, Hussein bin Ali, the leader of the Banu Hashim clan, started a revolt against the Ottoman Caliphate from this city.
1921
The Saudi conquest of Hail, also known as the Third Saudi–Rashidi War or the Fall of Hail, was a conflict between the Third Saudi State and the Emirate of Jabal Shammar, led by its final Rashidi ruler, Muhammad bin Talal. The Saudi forces were led by Ibn Saud.
1924
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.
10 February 1925 – 17 December 1925
The Battle of Jeddah or the siege of Jeddah took place in 1925, as part of the Abdulaziz Ibn Saud's campaign to conquer the Kingdom of Hejaz. Jeddah was the last major stand of the Hashemites against the Saudis.
29 March 1929 – 31 March 1929
The Battle of Sabilla (29–31 March 1929) was the main battle of the Ikhwan revolt in northern Arabia between the rebellious Ikhwan forces and the army of Abdulaziz al-Saud. It was the last tribal uprising in Arabia.
March 1934 – 20 May 1934
The Saudi–Yemeni war (Arabic: الحرب السعودية اليمنية) was a war between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Yemen in 1934.