Ta'if massacre

Ta'if massacre
Part of Saudi conquest of Hejaz
Date 1924 Location Ta'if, Hejaz Result Sultanate of Nejd conquers Ta'if Hashemite forces capitulate Ikhwan captured the city Hundreds massacred
Belligerents
Sultanate of Nejd Ikhwan	Kingdom of Hejaz
Commanders and leaders
Abdulaziz Ibn Saud Sultan bin Bajad Khaled bin Luwai	Hussien bin Ali Ali bin Hussien
Casualties and losses
300-400 civilians massacred

Sultanate of Nejd conquers Ta'if

Sultanate of Nejd

Abdulaziz Ibn Saud

The Ta'if massacre was an incident that followed the short 1924 Battle of Ta'if; the entire episode is also known as the al-Taif incident. The battle and resultant massacre comprised the first major standoff of the Second Hashemite-Saudi War. Following a short siege, the city was abandoned by Hashemite forces and then capitulated to the battle-ready Ikhwan force under the command of Abdulaziz Ibn Saud. The Ikhwan troops took out their rage on the residents of the city. In the resulting bloodbath, some 300-400 Ta'if residents were massacred.

Following the fall of Taif, Saud's forces moved on Mecca.

Ta'if was taken by the Hashemite forces in September 1916, during the Arab Revolt, and later incorporated into the Kingdom of Hejaz. Ta'if did not remain in Hashemite hands for very long however. Tensions between the King of the Hejaz, Husayn ibn Ali, and Abdulaziz al-Saud, Sultan of Nejd, soon broke out into violence. The hostilities were temporarily patched up in 1919, with truce signed in the aftermath of the First Hashemite-Saudi War.

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