Qajar-Wahhabi War | |||||||||
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Part of the Wahhabi expansionism and the Wahhabi War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Qajar Iran Omani Empire |
Emirate of Diriyah
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Said bin Sultan |
Saud bin Abdulaziz Mutlaq bin Muhammad Al-Mutairi † | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
~5,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The Qajar-Wahhabi War, also known as Fath Ali Shah's Campaign Against the Wahhabis, was a war between the First Saudi State and the Qajar and Omani empires from 1812 to 1814, in response to Wahhabi expansionism in the Arabian Peninsula and the Wahhabi sack of Karbala.