The Ottoman forces continue to oppose Faisal’s rule.

The Egyptian governor of Arabia, Khurshid Pasha, supports a rival candidate in the person of Khalid ibn Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz.

Khalid, a member of the senior line of the Saud family and a legitimate heir, will soon be revealed as little more than an Egyptian puppet.

Faisal is forced to flee the city and take refuge among his Bedouin allies when Egypt answers Faisal's refusal to pay the tribute by sending an expeditionary force to restore Egyptian rule in Arabia.

Accompanying the Egyptians is Khalid, released from captivity as the ruler designate, on his undertaking to recognize Egyptian control.

The Egyptians enter Riyadh in 1837.