battle, early modern

Battle of Al-Qahira

Name: Battle of Al-Qahira
Location: Yemen

Battle of Al-Qahira was a battle fought in 1569 at Yemen. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Yemen. It was part of Q16931608. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 3,000–4,000 against 40,000.

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Fought1569

WhereYemen15.500N, 48.000E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstImams of Yemen

Casualties and lossesHeavyandHeavy

Part ofQ16931608

Where it sits in Q16931608

5 placed engagements of Q16931608 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1569 (year precision)
Place	Yemen 15.500N, 48.000E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	3,000–4,000	40,000
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Heavy
Commanders	Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha Koca Sinan Pasha	Al-Mutahhar

Placed at Yemen; 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 Sanaa AD 570, 408 km W
Siege of Sanaa 1967, 408 km W
Battle of Zafar AD 632, 412 km W
Siege of Aden 1513, 439 km SW
Aden Expedition 1839, 439 km SW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Larende 1468

Elsewhere in 1569

Battle of Al-Qahira is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 18 in present-day Yemen.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q137258750, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Al-Qahira (1569), revision 1377020391, 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.