battle, early modern

Capture of Aleppo

Name: Capture of Aleppo
Location: Aleppo, Syria

Capture of Aleppo was a battle fought in 1516 at Aleppo, in what is now Syria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Aleppo. It was part of the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17, which ran from 1516 to 1517. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Fought1516

WhereAleppo, Syria36.200N, 37.160E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstMamluk Sultanate

Casualties and lossesUnknownand9,400 civilians massacred

Part ofOttoman–Mamluk War of 1516–171516 to 1517

Where it sits in the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17

7 placed engagements of the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1516 (year precision)
Place	Aleppo, Syria 36.200N, 37.160E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Territorial change	Aleppo annexed into Ottoman territory
Casualties and losses	Unknown	9,400 civilians massacred
Commanders	Selim I	Hayır Bey

Placed at Aleppo; 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 Aleppo AD 637, 0.4 km SE
Siege of Aleppo 1260, 0.4 km SE
Siege of Aleppo 1981, 0.4 km SE
Sack of Aleppo AD 962, 0.9 km W
Siege of Aleppo 1124, 0.9 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Marj Dabiq 24 August 1516
After: Capture of Damascus 1516
All 7 engagements of Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17

Elsewhere in 1516

Capture of Aleppo is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 133 in present-day Syria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q118946840, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Aleppo (1516), revision 1380068091, 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.