This index presents historical and modern wars and conflicts taking place in the present territory of, or relating to, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia was founded by the unification of the two kingdoms Hejaz and Nejd in 1932, both already ruled by Ibn Saud. The territory had been under the nominal suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire prior to World War I.
Map of Saudi Arabia courtesy of CIA World Factbook
Wahhabi War 1811-18
First Saudi-Rashidi War 1902-05
Saudi-Ottoman War 1913
First Saudi-Sharif War 1919
Conquest of Asir by the Ikhwan 1920
Second Saudi-Rashdi War 1920-22
Second Saudi-Sharif War 1924
First Ikhwan Rebellion 1927-28
Second Ikhwan Rebellion 1929-30
Saudi-Yemeni War 1934
Buraimi Oasis Dispute 1952-55
October War 1973
Battle at the Grand Mosque 1987
Persian Gulf War 1990-91
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