Which 1818 siege ended the First Saudi State when Ottoman-Egyptian forces commanded by Ibrahim Pasha forced Imam Abdullah bin Saud to surrender?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. The Siege of Diriyah
- Step 1: The Ottoman sultan tasked Muhammad Ali of Egypt with crushing the Saudi state, and his son Ibrahim Pasha led the army into Najd. Step 2. Ibrahim Pasha besieged the Saudi capital Diriyah for several months in 1818 until Imam Abdullah bin Saud surrendered in September. Answer: The Siege of Diriyah. Why not the others: The First Battle of Yanbu Al-Bahr was an early clash of the Egyptian campaign in 1811, not the final siege; The Battle of Turbah was fought in 1919 between Abdulaziz's forces and the Hashemites of Hijaz; The Siege of Riyadh refers to the 1902 operation in which Abdulaziz recaptured Riyadh, long after 1818.
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