The relationship between Riyadh and Diriyah before the establishment of the Saudi state was good and normal.

However, the situation changed after Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab moved to Diriyah.

Sources indicate that when he saw the expansion of the state and the spread of Ibn Abdul Wahhab's call, he took a negative stance.

[1][2] During the reign of Imam Muhammad bin Saud and his son Abdulaziz, the Saudi state engaged in approximately thirty-five raids against Daham bin Dawas in Riyadh, spanning 28 years, during which about four thousand from both sides were killed.

[1] The end of these battles was in the year 1773, when Daham fled after the "Hudaym al-Marqab incident".