Category: War, from Wikidata’s class “battle”
Battle of Riyadh
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The Battle of Riyadh or the Reconquest of Riyadh, was fought on 13 January 1902 in Riyadh, then part of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar. It was a conflict between the Rashidi dynasty and the House of Saud, and ended with Ibn Saud successfully capturing the walled city.
The battle is widely regarded as the starting point of the Saudi unification campaigns, a series of military and political efforts that ultimately led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
Text retrieved 2026-09-26 from Wikipedia.
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Battle of Riyadh. (2026, October 18). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Riyadh&oldid=1380924287
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“Battle of Riyadh.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Oct. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Riyadh&oldid=1380924287.
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Wikipedia, “Battle of Riyadh,” last modified October 18, 2026, 20:28 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Riyadh&oldid=1380924287.
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Wikipedia, “Battle of Riyadh.”
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