What the records say
- When
- 1924
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 21.42° N, 39.83° E
- Description
- 1924 conquest
Capture of Mecca (1924)
Capturing of Mecca by the Kingdom of Najd
The Capture of Mecca took place on 5 December 1924 in Mecca, as part of the Saudi conquest of the Kingdom of Hejaz by King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud of the Sultanate of Nejd. The Hejaz region was ruled as a kingdom under King Hussein bin Ali of the Hashemite family.
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