Siege of Diriyah

Siege of Diriyah
	Part of the Najd Expedition
	; Map of Diriyah where some battles happened nearby the fort
Date	22 April – 9 September 1818
Location	Diriyah
Result	Ottoman victory End of the Wahhabi War;
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	First Saudi State
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha	Abdullah bin Saud ;
Strength
5,500 men; or; 7,600 men (4,300 Turkish and Albanian soldiers; 2,000 cavalrymen; 1,300 Maghrebi cavalrymen; 150 gunners)	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed	1,300 killed

The siege of Diriyah took place in late 1818 at the end of the Wahhabi War of 1811–1818 during the Nejd Expedition.

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