battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Dilam

Name: Battle of Dilam
Start: 1903-01-27
Location: Ad-Dilam, Saudi Arabia

Battle of Dilam was a battle fought on 27 January 1903 at Ad-Dilam, in what is now Saudi Arabia. It was part of Unification of Saudi Arabia, which ran from 1902 to 1932. The recorded result: Saudi victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 against 3,500.

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Fought27 January 1903

WhereAd-Dilam, Saudi Arabia23.983N, 47.151E

OutcomeSaudi victory

BelligerentsEmirate of Jabal Shammar; Supported by: Ottoman EmpireagainstThird Saudi state; Emirate of Riyadh

Casualties and losses250and160

Part ofUnification of Saudi Arabia1902 to 1932

Where it sits in Unification of Saudi Arabia

3 placed engagements of Unification of Saudi Arabia in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	27 January 1903
Place	Ad-Dilam, Saudi Arabia 23.983N, 47.151E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	4,000	3,500
Casualties and losses	250	160
Commanders	Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid	Ibn Saud

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Naqra AD 633, 93 km NW
Siege of Diriyah 1818, 102 km NW
Battle of Yamama AD 632, 123 km NW
Battle of Huraymila 1891, 165 km NW
Conquest of al-Hasa 1913, 297 km NE

In the same war

After: Conquest of al-Hasa 1913
All 3 engagements of Unification of Saudi Arabia

Elsewhere in 1903

British expedition to Tibet People's Republic of China
Battle of Kano Nigeria
Battle of El-Moungar France
Battle of Mečkin Kamen North Macedonia
Battle of Angoteros Ecuador

Battle of Dilam is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 86 in present-day Saudi Arabia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870874, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Dilam, revision 1370438841, 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.