Wahhabi Attacks on Najaf (1802-1805)
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The Shia-Wahhabi struggle.
| Wahhabi Attacks on Najaf (1802-1805) | |||||||
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| Part of Shiite-Wahhabi conflict (1802-1818) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Emirate of Diriyah | Al muntafiq | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Ja'far Kashif al-Ghita | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 7000 killed | Unknown | ||||||
Attacks
[change | change source]In 1802, the Wahhabis sacked Karbala and created a second Karbala. After that, they got into the spirit and started to raid southern Iraq. Meanwhile, they also organised raids on Najaf. However, the raids organised by the Wahhabis did not have the same impact as in Karbala. Although the Wahhabis made many raids on Najaf, they retreated in all of them. Wahhabis also raided many cities in southern Iraq. These raids have not exactly yielded many results. In general, the Shiites were strategically victorious.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
See Also
[change | change source]• Wahhabi Attack on Najaf (1806)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Madelung, Wilferd. Religious Trends in Early Islamic Iran. Variorum Reprints, 1988.
- ↑ al-Qurashi, Baqir Sharif. The Life of Imam Ali. Ansariyan Publications, 2000.
- ↑ Commins, David. The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia. I.B. Tauris, 2006.
- ↑ Al-Rasheed, Madawi. A History of Saudi Arabia. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- ↑ Dickson, H.R.P. The Arab of the Desert. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1949.
- ↑ Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'.