Turki proceeds from the ruins of Ad Diriyah to Riyadh, another Najdi city, which eventually becomes the new Al Saud base.

Forces under Turki's control reclaim the rest of Najd in 1824.

Turki's relatively swift retaking of Najd shows the extent to which the Al Saud-Wahhabi authority has been established in the area over the previous fifty years.

The successes of the Wahhabi forces had done much to promote tribal loyalty to the Al Saud, but the Wahhabi principles of the Al Saud rule are equally compelling.

After Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab's death in 1792, the Al Saud leader had assumed the title of imam.

Thus, Al Saud leaders are recognized not just as shaykhs or leaders, but as Wahhabi imams, political and religious figures whose rule has an element of religious authority.