Battle of Jūdah
Arabian history
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ʿAbd Allāh’s defeat by Saʿūd II
- In Saudi Arabia: Death of Faisal
… for six years until the Battle of Jūdah (1871), in which Saud triumphed. Abdullah fled, and Saud took power. But during the next five years the throne changed hands no fewer than seven times in favour of different members of the Saud family. Drought in 1870–74 exacerbated the civil war’s…
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