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Thuwaini Al-Saadoun campaign (1797)
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The Thuwaini Al-Saadoun Campaign of (1797) was a military campaign carried out by Sheikh Thuwaini bin Abdullah Al-Saadoun, Emir of the Iraqi Al-Muntafiq tribes, to repel Wahhabi attacks against the cities and valleys of southern Ottoman Iraq, especially the Al-Muntafiq pastures. After the matter of the Wahhabis became so severe that they constituted a real threat to the Hajj route, which prompted the Sharif of Mecca, Ghaleb bin Musaed, to explain to Sultan Selim III the fatal situation if conditions continued as they were, the Sublime Porte asked the governor of Baghdad, Sulayman Pasha the Great, to eliminate the Wahhabis because of the threat and danger they posed. However, the Pasha was an old man, worn down by age. He was unwilling to handle the issue and began to procrastinate and used many pretexts. In the end, after the insistence of Istanbul, the Pasha assigned the task to Sheikh Thuwaini Al-Saadoun after he returned to him the sheikhdom of Al-Muntafiq in the year 1796 AD. Thuwaini took advantage of that opportunity and announced a general mobilization, and the Arabs of Al-Muntafiq and the people of Az Zubayr and Basra gathered around him. In addition, The governor of Baghdad provided him with and army which met him in Al-Jahra. Thuwaini lead his campaign south towards Al-Ahsa, instead of heading directly towards Diriyah, as Al-Ahsa was an easy supply point for the army. However, Thuwaini Al-Saadoun’s campaign was not able to achieve its goal, because he was killed at the hands of one of Bani Khalid’s slaves, before carrying out any successful operation against the Saudi forces that headed towards Al-Ahsa. Due to his death, the ranks of the Iraqi campaign became disorganized and were forced to retreat. The Saudi forces chased the remnants of the army to the borders of modern day Kuwait.They seized much of their equipment, cannons, and weapons, and took a lot of spoils.
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1,500–4,000 | 3,000–6,000 | ||||||
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