siege, medieval

Siege of Mahdia

Name: Siege of Mahdia
Location: Mahdia, Tunisia

Siege of Mahdia was a siege conducted in 1159 at Mahdia, in what is now Tunisia; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Mahdia. It was part of Q117751445. The recorded result: Almohad victory. Recorded strength: 100,000 against Unknown.

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Fought1159ran into the following year

WhereMahdia, Tunisia35.505N, 11.062E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAlmohad victory

BelligerentsAlmohad CaliphateagainstNormans

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofQ117751445

Record

Date	1159 (year precision) to 1160
Place	Mahdia, Tunisia 35.505N, 11.062E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	100,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Abd al-Mu'min	William I of Sicily

Placed at Mahdia; 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

Capture of Mahdia 1550, same recorded site
Battle of Thapsus 46 BC, 13 km N
Battle of Ruspina 46 BC, 37 km NW
Battle of the Tarigo Convoy 1941, 56 km SE
fall of Kairouan AD 909, 89 km W

Elsewhere in 1159

Siege of Crema Italy
Battle of Siziano Italy

Siege of Mahdia is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 119 in present-day Tunisia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q109285073, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mahdia (1159–1160), revision 1370743159, 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.