siege, nineteenth century

Siege of Amedi

Name: Siege of Amedi
Location: Amedi, Iraq

Siege of Amedi was a siege conducted in 1831 at Amedi, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Amedi. It was part of the Ottoman-Soran War, which ran from 1833 to 1835. The recorded result: Soran victory.

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Fought1831

WhereAmedi, Iraq37.092N, 43.487E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSoran victory

BelligerentsSoran EmirateagainstBahdinan Emirate

Casualties and lossesUnknownandHeavy

Part ofOttoman-Soran War1833 to 1835

Record

Date	1831 (year precision)
Place	Amedi, Iraq 37.092N, 43.487E
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Territorial change	Bahdinan annexed to Soran (incorporation of Zakho and Duhok)
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Heavy; Most of the population perished; Many Jews displaced or persecuted by Soran
Commanders	Mir Muhammad of Rawanduz

Placed at Amedi; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Akre 1833, 52 km SE
Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC, 84 km S
Battle of Nineveh AD 627, 87 km S
Fall of Nineveh 612 BC, 87 km S
Battle of Khazir AD 686, 87 km S

In the same war

After: Battle of Midyat 1835

Elsewhere in 1831

Siege of Amedi is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 206 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q136647302, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Amadiya, revision 1385397987, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.