22,000 1,000 Date January 1813 Location Mecca, Saudi Arabia | none. none. Result Ottoman victory | |
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Similar Battle of Medina, Nejd Expedition, Battle of Jeddah, Ottoman–Wahhabi War, Battle of Riyadh |
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.
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