Enlightenment · Middle East · Religion

1798

First Saudi State Expands Under Wahhabi Alliance

1798

Muhammad ibn Saud's sons and their religious allies, followers of the reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, raided deep into Ottoman Iraq. They would sack Karbala in 1802, destroying the Shia shrine of Imam Hussein. The Ottoman governors of Baghdad were appalled; the Arabian interior was becoming a new religious and political force.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: July 21, 1774: Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
After: July 15, 1799: Rosetta Stone Discovered

Before and after in Religion

Before: July 12, 1790: Civil Constitution of the Clergy
After: 1800: Usman dan Fodio's Preaching Spreads

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.