Battle of Medina (1812)

Ottoman return of Medina 1812
	Part of the Ottoman–Saudi War
	; Medina under Ottoman Rule , Medina Mosque
Date	November 1812
Location	Medina, western Arabia
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	First Saudi State
Commanders and leaders
Tusun Pasha	Saud AL-Kabeer
Strength
20,000; 18 cannons; 3 mortars	10,000
Casualties and losses
300 dead	600 dead

The Battle of Medina took place in 1812. Following the Battle of Al-Safra, Tusun's forces begun to deal with rebel tribes around Medina while military supplies were moved to Yanbu from Egypt. Mohammed Ali Pasha sent Ahmet Aga with 10,000 men to help Tusun's forces to re-capture Medina, this army successfully took the city in November 1812,^[1]^[2] killing about 600 Saudi fighters.

References

↑ David Commins (30 March 2009). The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia. I.B.Tauris. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-85773-135-7.
↑ Ira M. Lapidus (22 August 2002). A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge University Press. p. 572. ISBN 978-0-521-77933-3.

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[Commins2009-1] David Commins (30 March 2009). The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia. I.B.Tauris. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-85773-135-7.

[Lapidus2002-2] Ira M. Lapidus (22 August 2002). A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge University Press. p. 572. ISBN 978-0-521-77933-3.