battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Nahr al-Kalb

Name: Battle of Nahr al-Kalb
Location: Lebanon

Battle of Nahr al-Kalb was a battle fought in 1840 in what is now Lebanon. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Second Egyptian-Ottoman War, which ran from 1839 to 1841. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Fought1840

WhereLebanon33.958N, 35.596E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman Empire; Supported by: United Kingdom; Austria; Russia; PrussiaagainstEgypt; Mount Lebanon Emirate; Supported by: July Monarchy

Part ofSecond Egyptian-Ottoman War1839 to 1841

Record

Date	1840 (year precision)
Place	Lebanon 33.958N, 35.596E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Territorial change	Egyptian retrocession of Syria, Crete, and the Hejaz to the Ottoman Empire
Casualties and losses	Nizip: ~4,000 killed, 2,000 wounded (Ottoman army under Hafiz Pasha); Sidon: 4 killed, ~30 wounded; Qarnat Shawan: 40–50 killed; Total: 6,044–6,080 killed or wounded	Nizip: 350 dead, 750–800 wounded; Beirut: ~1,000 killed and wounded; Sidon: ~3,000 garrison killed or captured; Qarnat Shawan: fewer killed than coalition; 600–700 captured; Acre: 1,600–2,000 killed in the magazine explosion; Mahmud Bey and several hundred of his men captured; Total: 6,600–7,530 killed, wounded or captured
Commanders	Mahmud II Abdülmecid I Charles Felix Smith Archduke Friedrich of Austria (1821–1847) Helmuth von Moltke the Elder	Muhammad Ali of Egypt Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Bashir Shihab II

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

1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon 1973, 8.9 km SW
Battle of the Hotels 1976, 11 km SW
Battle of Beirut 1912, 11 km SW
Siege of Beirut 1982, 12 km SW
Battle of Anjar 1623, 40 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Nezib 24 June 1839

Elsewhere in 1840

Battle of Nahr al-Kalb is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Lebanon.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q131176848, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Nahr al-Kalb, revision 1384587569, 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.