Saudi conquest of Hejaz

Saudi conquest of Hejaz
	Part of the Unification of Saudi Arabia
Date	September 1924 – December 1925
Location	Kingdom of Hejaz
Result	Najdi victory The Sultanate of Nejd annexes the Kingdom of Hejaz; The Hashemites flee to Transjordan;
Belligerents
Sultanate of Nejd 'Utaybah tribe;	Kingdom of Hejaz
Commanders and leaders
Ibn Saud; Sultan bin Bajad	Hussein bin Ali; Ali bin Hussein
Units involved
Najdi Army; Ikhwan	Sharifian Army
Strength
73,000 men	10,000 men[full citation needed][full citation needed]; 8 aircraft
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown killed; 5 armoured vehicles; 1 aircraft
	450 killed in total

The Saudi conquest of Hejaz or the Second Saudi-Hashemite War, also known as the Hejaz-Nejd War, was a campaign by Abdulaziz al-Saud of the Saudi Sultanate of Nejd to take over the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz in 1924–25, ending with conquest and incorporation of Hejaz into the Saudi domain.

^ ^a ^b Al-Rehani: Nejd and its followers.
^ From Bullard to Mr ChamberLain. Mecca, 1924 September. (No.# secrets) - Archieved Post
^ From Bullard to Mr ChamberLain. Mecca, 1924 September. (No.# secrets) - Archived Post

[ReferenceA-1] Al-Rehani: Nejd and its followers.

[2] From Bullard to Mr ChamberLain. Mecca, 1924 September. (No.# secrets) - Archieved Post

[3] From Bullard to Mr ChamberLain. Mecca, 1924 September. (No.# secrets) - Archived Post

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Saudi conquest of Hejaz

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