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Siege of Harran

Siege of Harran was a siege conducted in 609 BC at Harran, in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire, which ran from 626 BC to 609 BC. The recorded result: Unsuccessful siege; Medo-Babylonian victory.

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Fought609 BC
WhereHarran, Turkey36.864N, 39.033E
OutcomeUnsuccessful siege; Medo-Babylonian victory
BelligerentsEgypt; Remnants of the army of the former AssyriaagainstMedes; Babylonians
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown
Part ofMedo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire626 BC to 609 BC

Where it sits in the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire

Battle of Gablini, 616 BCFall of Assur, 614 BCFall of Tarbisu, 614 BCFall of Nineveh, 612 BCFall of Harran, 610 BCSiege of Harran, 609 BC616 BC609 BCSiege of Harran, 609 BC
6 placed engagements of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date609 BC (year precision)
PlaceHarran, Turkey
36.864N, 39.033E
KindSiege, ancient
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
Siege of HarranSiege of HarranBattle of CarrhaeBattle of HarranBattle of EdessaSiege of EdessaBattle of UrfaBattle of EdessaSiege of EdessaBattle of UrfaAleppoGaziantepDiyarbakırAdıyamanAr RaqqahKilisMardinAl Hasakah100 km36.864N, 39.033E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 609 BC and 1104.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 609 BC

Siege of Harran is one of 27 engagements of the 7th century BC in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q55633156, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Harran, revision 1383599361, 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.