battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Yanbu

Name: Battle of Yanbu
Location: Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

Battle of Yanbu was a battle fought in 1811 at Yanbu, in what is now Saudi Arabia. It was part of the Ottoman–Wahhabi war, which ran from 1811 to 1818. The recorded result: Ottoman-Egyptian victory. Recorded strength: 14,000 men against 300 men.

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Fought1811

WhereYanbu, Saudi Arabia24.079N, 38.060E

OutcomeOttoman-Egyptian victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstEmirate of Diriyah

Casualties and lossesNoneandAll surrendered

Part ofOttoman–Wahhabi war1811 to 1818

Where it sits in the Ottoman–Wahhabi war

6 placed engagements of the Ottoman–Wahhabi war in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1811 (year precision)
Place	Yanbu, Saudi Arabia 24.079N, 38.060E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	14,000 men	300 men
Casualties and losses	None	All surrendered
Commanders	Tusun Pasha

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 Badr AD 624, 81 km SE
Battle of Al-Safra 1812, 89 km E
Invasion of Banu Qaynuqa AD 624, 162 km E
Siege of Medina 1916, 162 km E
Battle of Medina 1812, 162 km E

In the same war

After: Battle of Al-Safra 1812
All 6 engagements of Ottoman–Wahhabi war

Elsewhere in 1811

Battle of Yanbu 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 Q3656327, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Yanbu (1811), revision 1373411267, 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.