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Battle of Yanbu

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Battle of Yanbu or Yanbu Landing , Ottoman Sultan ordered Mohammed Ali Pasha to start moving against Saudis to re-conquer Mecca and return the honour of the Ottoman Empire. Mohammed Ali sent his son Tusun Pasha with an army of 10,000 as a beginning to land in Yanbu , making it a station to re-conquer the other cities.

Tusun forces landed successfully in Yanbu and the Saudis forces with a strength of 70 men only have surrendered without any loses.

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