siege, nineteenth century

Siege of Akka

Name: Siege of Akka
Location: Acre, Israel

Siege of Akka was a siege conducted in 1831 at Acre, in what is now Israel; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Acre. It was part of Q2584439. The recorded result: Egyptian victoryOttoman victory to 1st Egyptian assault; Ottoman victory to 2nd Egyptian assault; Egyptian victory to 3rd Egyptian assault. Recorded strength: 20,000 men against 4,000 to 6,000 men.

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Fought1831ran into the following year

WhereAcre, Israel32.926N, 35.084E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeEgyptian victoryOttoman victory to 1st Egyptian assault; Ottoman victory to 2nd Egyptian assault; Egyptian victory to 3rd Egyptian assault

BelligerentsEgypt EyaletagainstOttoman Empire

Part ofQ2584439

Where it sits in Q2584439

5 placed engagements of Q2584439 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1831 (year precision) to 1832
Place	Acre, Israel 32.926N, 35.084E
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Strength	20,000 men	4,000 to 6,000 men
Casualties and losses	2,000 to 4,500 casualties	1,400 dead and 2,600 wounded; or 6,000 casualties, of whom 400 captured
Commanders	Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt	Abdullah Pasha ibn Ali

Placed at Acre; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Acre 1799, same recorded site
Siege of Acre 1104, same recorded site
Siege of Acre 1189, 0.3 km NW
Siege of Acre 1103, 0.3 km NW
Siege of Acre 1291, 0.8 km N

In the same war

After: Battle of Hims 1832

Elsewhere in 1831

Siege of Akka is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 152 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q125759097, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Akka (1832), revision 1381816571, 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.