Battle of Jeddah (1925)

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Battle of Jeddah
Part of Unifcation of Saudi Arabia
A Map shows the fortifications of Jeddah during the battle.
Date 10 February 1925 Location Jeddah Result Sultanate of Nejd Victory
Belligerents
Sultanate of Nejd	Kingdom of Hejaz
Commanders
King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud Sultan bin Bijad	King Ali bin Hussien Nawras Pasha
Strength
5,000 men	500 men 8 Aircraft[1] 40 artilliry 30 Machine gun a few number of armors[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown number of deaths 5 Armors 1 Aircraft

Unification of Saudi Arabia Riyadh – Dilam - Bekeriyah - Shinanah - Rawdat Muhanna – Tarafiyah – Kanzaan – Hajla – Hurmula – Taif – Mecca – Medina – Jeddah

The Battle of Jeddah took place within today's Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was mainly a siege of Jeddah, that ended on the 17th of December 1925 (1343 A.H.). Following the fall of Mecca, in December 1924, to King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud. King Ali bin Hussien moved back to Jeddah trying to defend it against the Nejdi Army. Ali's remaining Army started to build fortifications around the city and place mines. Ali requested help and supply from his brothers states, Transjordon and Iraq, King Fisal and King Abdullah. They both supplied Ali with arms and men. Also, Ali's two old planes were not enough for the incoming battle. He bought five aircraft from Italy and several tanks from Germany.

But Ali could not stand for long. The nearby clans were Ibn Saud's Allies. The supplies from Aqaba traveled slowly to Jeddah, besides he had only two pilots. One of them died during the battle.

The chiefs of Jeddah decided to surrender the city to Ibn Saud, while King Ali escape to Baghdad over the Red Sea. Consequently, Ibn Saud was declared the new King of Hejaz. The following year, Ibn Saud merged the Hejaz with the Nejd as one state.

[edit] See also

• Battle of Jeddah (1813)
• History of Saudi Arabia

[edit] Notes & References

• Al-Harbi, Dalal: King Abdulaziz and his Strategies to deal with events : Events of Jeddah. 2003 , King Abdulaziz national library. ISBN 9-960624-88-9 .