battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Jeddah

Name: Battle of Jeddah
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Battle of Jeddah was a battle fought in 1813 at Jeddah, in what is now Saudi Arabia. The recorded result: Ottoman-Egyptian victory. Recorded strength: A Few Hundred against Unknown.

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Copperplate engraving showing Mehmed Ali Pasha (born 1829); general, Commander-in-chief of the Ottoman Army in Bulgaria.. Arturo Carretero Sanchez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1813

WhereJeddah, Saudi Arabia21.543N, 39.323E

OutcomeOttoman-Egyptian victory

BelligerentsOttoman Empire; Eyalet of EgyptagainstEmirate of Diriyah

Casualties and lossesNoneandNone

Record

Date	1813 (year precision)
Place	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 21.543N, 39.323E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Territorial change	Return of Jeddah to Ottoman rule
Strength	A Few Hundred	Unknown
Casualties and losses	None	None
Commanders	Muhammad Ali of Egypt

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 Fakhkh AD 786, 51 km E
Siege of Mecca AD 692, 53 km E
Siege of Mecca AD 683, 53 km E
Battle of Mecca 1813, 54 km E
Battle of Mecca 1924, 54 km E

Elsewhere in 1813

Battle of Jeddah 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 Q3656242, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Jeddah (1813), revision 1370608854, 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.