The Wahhabi raids on Najaf (Arabic: الغارات الوهابيه على النجف, romanized: al-Ghārāt al-Wahhābiyyah ʿalā al-Najaf) were a series of Wahhabi campaigns directed at the sacred Shia city of Najaf, aimed at expanding the Emirate of Diriyah and spreading the Wahhabi doctrine. The campaigns were hostile toward Shia Muslims, as well as aimed to destroy shrines they saw as a bid'ah.
The Wahhabi raids on Najaf (Arabic: الغارات الوهابيه على النجف, romanized: al-Ghārāt al-Wahhābiyyah ʿalā al-Najaf) were a series of Wahhabi campaigns directed at the sacred Shia city of Najaf, aimed at expanding the Emirate of Diriyah and spreading the Wahhabi doctrine. The campaigns were hostile toward Shia Muslims, as well as aimed to destroy shrines they saw as a bid'ah.
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