siege, nineteenth century

Siege of Diriyah

Name: Siege of Diriyah
Location: Diriyah, Saudi Arabia

Siege of Diriyah was a siege conducted in April 1818 at Diriyah, in what is now Saudi Arabia. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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FoughtApril 1818

WhereDiriyah, Saudi Arabia24.733N, 46.576E

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstEmirate of Diriyah

Casualties and losses1,500 killedand1,300 killed

Record

Date	April 1818 (month precision) to 15 September 1818
Place	Diriyah, Saudi Arabia 24.733N, 46.576E
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Strength	5,500 men; or; 7,600 men (4,300 Turkish and Albanian soldiers; 2,000 cavalrymen; 1,300 Maghrebi cavalrymen; 150 gunners)	Unknown
Casualties and losses	1,500 killed	1,300 killed
Commanders	Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Muhammad Ali of Egypt	Abdullah bin Saud Al 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, 13 km S
Battle of Yamama AD 632, 21 km NW
Battle of Huraymila 1891, 64 km NW
Battle of Dilam 1903, 102 km SE
Battle of Kama 1768, 259 km N

Elsewhere in 1818

Siege of Diriyah is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 86 in present-day Saudi Arabia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3656346, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Diriyah, revision 1383234697, 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.