Expedition to Najd (1817–1818)

Expedition to Najd (1817–1818)
	Part of the Ottoman–Saudi War
	; Ibrahim Pasha's march in Najd
Date	29 September 1817 – 9 September 1818
Location	Najd.
Result	Egyptian victory
Belligerents
Eyalet of Egypt	Emirate of Diriyah
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha; Muhammad Ali Pasha	Abdullah I
Strength
8,000 men; 6,000 camels	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4,700 total killed	200 in Mawiyyah; 70 or 160 in Ar Rass; 800 killed and 3,000 captured in Dhurma; 1,300 in Diriyah

The Najd Expedition (Turkish: Nejd Seferi) was a series of military conflicts waged by Egypt from 1817 to 1818. It was part of the Ottoman–Saudi War that lasted from 1811 to 1818. The campaign of 1817/8 was led by Ibrahim Pasha, with the goal of capturing Diriyah and ending the First Saudi State by the order of the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II, through no real strategy other than brute force.