Saudi conquest of Hejaz
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.
| Saudi conquest of Hejaz | |||||||
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| Part of the Unification of Saudi Arabia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sultanate of Najd | Kingdom of Hejaz | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Abdulaziz bin Saud Sultan bin Bajad |
Hussein bin Ali Ali bin Hussein | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Najdi Army Ikhwan | Sharifian Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 73,000 men |
10,000 men 8 aircraft | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Unknown killed 5 armoured vehicles 1 aircraft | ||||||
| 450 killed in total | |||||||
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