battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Al Wajbah

Name: Battle of Al Wajbah
Location: Qatar

Battle of Al Wajbah was a battle fought in 1893 in what is now Qatar. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. Recorded strength: Between 3,000 and 4,000 against Between 200 and 300.

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Fought1893

WhereQatar25.302N, 51.394E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeQatari victory; Relinquishment of Qatari captives; Deposal of Mehmed Hafiz Pasha as governor of Basra; Qatar granted self-governance by the Ottoman Empire

BelligerentsQataragainstOttoman Empire

Casualties and losses400 killed (including civilians)andBetween 11 and 117 killed

Record

Date	1893 (year precision)
Place	Qatar 25.302N, 51.394E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	Between 3,000 and 4,000	Between 200 and 300
Casualties and losses	400 killed (including civilians)	Between 11 and 117 killed
Commanders	Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani

Placed at its recorded location; 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 Bahrain 1559, 120 km NW
Battle off Hormuz 1625, 164 km N
Battle of Kanzan 1915, 173 km W
Iraqi attack on USS Stark 1987, 173 km N
Battle of Khafji 1991, 451 km NW

Elsewhere in 1893

Battle of Al Wajbah is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 2 in present-day Qatar.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q20988318, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Al Wajbah, revision 1385062634, 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.