Editing First Saudi state (section)

===Decline of sovereignty===
The task of weakening the grip of the House of Saud was given to the powerful viceroy of [[Ottoman Egypt|Egypt]], [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali Pasha]], by the Ottomans. This initiated the [[Wahhabi war|Ottoman–Saudi War]], in which Muhammad Ali sent his troops to the Hejaz region by sea. His son, [[Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt|Ibrahim Pasha]], then led Ottoman forces into the heart of Najd, capturing town after town. Saud's successor, his son [[Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud|Abdullah I]], was unable to prevent the recapture of the region.<ref name="ibnsaud">[http://www.ibnsaud.info/main/9456.htm Abdullah bin Saud's capture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106111328/http://ibnsaud.info/main/9456.htm|date=6 January 2010}}, King Abdullah Ibn Saud Information Resource</ref> Finally, Ibrahim reached the Saudi capital at Diriyah. He placed it under [[Siege of Diriyah|siege]] for several months until it surrendered in the winter of 1818. Ibrahim then shipped off many members of the [[House of Saud]] to Egypt and the Ottoman capital, [[Constantinople]] (modren day [[Istanbul]]). Abdullah I was later executed in the Ottoman capital, with his severed head later thrown into the waters of the [[Bosporus]], marking the end of what was known as the first Saudi state.<ref name="ibnsaud"/> However, both the followers of the [[Wahhabism|Wahhabi movement]] and the remaining members of the House of Saud stayed committed. They founded the [[Second Saudi state|Second Saudi State]] that lasted until 1891. Before the unification of modern Saudi Arabia, several emirates and kingdoms were established in the region, eventually paving the way for the formation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<ref name="ibnsaud" />