Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants.

Wahhabi sack of Karbala

1802 sack of a city

The Wahhabi sack of Karbala occurred on 21 April 1802, under the rule of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, the second ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah, where approximately 12,000 Wahhabis from Najd attacked the Shia city of Karbala. The raid was conducted in retaliation against…