Ail al-Kahiay Campaign (1798)
Military campaign to invade Al-Ahsa (1798) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The campaign of Ali Al-Kahiya or the campaign of Ali Al-Kikhia was a campaign that took place in the year 1213 AH/1798 AD and was led by Ali Pasha Al-Kakhiya or Al-Kahiya to invade Al-Ahsa in the year 1798 AD in preparation for the march towards Diriyah. This campaign came out in the wake of the collapse of the Thuwaini bin Abdullah Al-Saadoun campaign to stop the Wahhabi attacks against the cities. And in the valley of southern Ottoman Iraq, especially the pastures of Emirate of Muntafiq, after the assassination of Sheikh Thuwaini. In the year 1798 AD, Minister Sulayman Pasha the Great prepared a large campaign of men and weapons and supplemented it with units from the Shammar tribes led by Sheikh Faris bin Muhammad al-Jarba and Ali al-Kahiya. However, the campaign failed in its mission after a peace was established between the two parties.
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Belligerents | |||||||
Emirate of Diriyah |
Ottoman Empire Mamluk dynasty (Iraq) Emirate of Muntafiq | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ibrahim bin Afaisan |
Al-Damad Ali Pasha Al-Katkhuda Hamoud bin Thamer Al-Saadoun Faris bin Muhammad Al-Jarba Ibrahim Al-Thaqib | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500-3400 | 18000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
slight | Heavy |