battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Mesaimeer

Name: Battle of Mesaimeer
Location: Qatar

Battle of Mesaimeer was a battle fought in 1851 in what is now Qatar. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. Recorded strength: Unknown ("few in number" according to sources) against Unknown.

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Fought1851

WhereQatar25.190N, 51.490E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeStalemate; Bahraini and Abu Dhabi forces retreat; Qatar defects to the Emirate of Nejd; Eventual treaty regranting Bahrain dominion over Qatar in exchange for an annual zakat to the Emirate of Nejd

BelligerentsQatari tribesagainstBahrain; Abu Dhabi (nominally allied with Qatar) Supported by:United Kingdom; Emirate of Nejd

Record

Date	1851 (year precision) to 1851
Place	Qatar 25.190N, 51.490E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	Unknown ("few in number" according to sources)	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown
Commanders	Mohammed bin Thani Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani	Muhammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa Saeed bin Tahnun Al Nahyan

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, 136 km NW
Battle off Hormuz 1625, 175 km N
Iraqi attack on USS Stark 1987, 182 km N
Battle of Kanzan 1915, 185 km W
Battle of Dilam 1903, 459 km W

Elsewhere in 1851

Battle of Mesaimeer 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 Q125496725, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mesaimeer, revision 1370449628, 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.