Battle of Byssel
| Battle of Byssel | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman-Wahhabi war | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Emirate of Diriyah Zahran tribe | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Muhammad Ali Pasha Hassan Pasha Abidin Bey Mahou Bey Ahmad Bonaparte Topous Oglou Sheriff Rajeh |
Abdallah I Faisal bin Saud Tami bin Shuaib Bakrosh bin A'llas Ibn Melha Ibn Ketnan Ibn Khorshan Ibn Shokban Ibn Dahman Ibn Katamel Bakhrosh ibn A'llas | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000 men |
20,000–25,000 men 5,000 camels | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 400–500 killed |
5,000 killed 300 prisoners (50 executed) | ||||||
The Battle of Byssel was the last major military engagement in the Second Campaign of the Ottoman–Wahhabi war. It was fought between Ottoman-Egyptian forces and Abdullah bin Saud's Wahhabi and Bedouin tribal forces in Byssel. The Ottomans decisivley won the battle and broke Abdullah bin Saud's power.