battle, First World War

Capture of Yanbu

Name: Capture of Yanbu
Location: Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

Capture of Yanbu was a battle fought in 1916 at Yanbu, in what is now Saudi Arabia; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Yanbu. It was part of the Arab Revolt, which ran from 1916 to 1918. The recorded result: Allied victory.

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Fought1916ran into the following year

WhereYanbu, Saudi Arabia24.089N, 38.062E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAllied victory

BelligerentsKingdom of Hejaz; British EmpireagainstOttoman Empire

Part ofArab Revolt1916 to 1918

Where it sits in the Arab Revolt

7 placed engagements of the Arab Revolt in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1916 (year precision) to 1917
Place	Yanbu, Saudi Arabia 24.089N, 38.062E
Kind	Battle, First World War
Territorial change	Yanbu annexed to Kingdom of Hejaz

Placed at Yanbu; 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

Battle of Yanbu 1811, 1.2 km S
Battle of Badr AD 624, 82 km SE
Battle of Al-Safra 1812, 89 km E
Invasion of Banu Qaynuqa AD 624, 161 km E
Siege of Medina 1916, 161 km E

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1916

Capture of Yanbu is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 71 in present-day Saudi Arabia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4527031, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Yanbu, revision 1380947996, 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.