battle, notable, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Mecca

Name: Battle of Mecca
Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Battle of Mecca was a battle fought in 1924 at Mecca, in what is now Saudi Arabia. It was part of the Saudi conquest of Hejaz, which ran from 1924 to 1925. The recorded result: Saudi victory.

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Fought1924

WhereMecca, Saudi Arabia21.422N, 39.826E

OutcomeSaudi victory

BelligerentsThird Saudi State; IkhwanagainstKingdom of Hejaz

Part ofSaudi conquest of Hejaz1924 to 1925

Record

Date	1924 (year precision)
Place	Mecca, Saudi Arabia 21.422N, 39.826E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Territorial change	The Saudis captured Mecca from the Hashemites
Commanders	Ibn Saud Sultan bin Bajad al-Otaybi Eqab bin Mohaya	Hussein, King of Hejaz Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Aksumite siege of Mecca AD 570, same recorded site
Battle of Mecca 1813, 0.3 km W
Siege of Mecca AD 692, 1.2 km SW
Siege of Mecca AD 683, 1.2 km SW
Battle of Fakhkh AD 786, 3.9 km NW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between AD 570 and 1924.

In the same war

After: Battle of Jeddah 1925

Elsewhere in 1924

Battle of Mecca is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 71 in present-day Saudi Arabia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871705, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Mecca (1924), revision 1370609153, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.