Battle of Mecca (1813)

Battle of Mecca
Part of the Ottoman–Saudi War
View of Mecca
Date January 1813 Location Mecca, western Arabia Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	First Saudi State
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Ali Pasha Tusun Pasha	Faisal bin Saud AL-Kabeer
Strength
22,000	1,000
Casualties and losses
none.	none.

Ottoman return of Mecca 1813 (Turkish: Mekke'nin Osmanlıya Dönüşü) also known as the Battle of Mecca happened several days after the recapture of Jeddah during the Ottoman–Saudi War. Diriyah's army and its 1,000 men in Mecca surrendered to Muhammad Ali of Egypt and Tusun Pasha, who recaptured the city for the Ottoman Empire.

References

• Facey, William & Grant, Gllian: Saudi Arabia by the First Photographers . ISBN 0-905743-74-1
• Captain G. S. Froster : 'A trip Across the Peninsula – Rehla Abr Al-Jazeera, (Arabic). Mombai – India, 1866.