Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Muhammad Ali

Battles of Muhammad Ali

Wali of Egypt and Sudan (1769–1849)

Muhammad Ali is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1801 and 1840: 7 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Saudi Arabia (7), Egypt (1), Lebanon (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,153 km apart end to end, 519 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman–Wahhabi war (4), French invasion of Egypt and Syria (1).

Battle of Al QunfudhahSiege of TaifBattle of BysselBattle of Nahr al-KalbBattle of Al KhankahBattle of Al-SafraBattle of MeccaBattle of JeddahSiege of DiriyahBattle of Al KhankahBattle of Al-SafraBattle of MeccaBattle of JeddahSiege of DiriyahBaghdadDubaiAlexandriaTel AvivDamascusKuwait CityBeirutIsfahanShirazBanghazi1000 km26.550N, 38.972E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1801: 1 engagements1812: 1 engagements1813: 2 engagements2 in 18131814: 2 engagements2 in 18141815: 1 engagements1818: 1 engagements1840: 1 engagements18011840
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Al Khankah, 1801Battle of Al-Safra, 1812Battle of Mecca, 1813Battle of Jeddah, 1813Battle of Al Qunfudhah, 1814Siege of Taif, 1814Battle of Byssel, 1815Siege of Diriyah, 1818Battle of Nahr al-Kalb, 184018011840
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1801Battle of Al KhankahEgyptOttoman victory
1812Battle of Al-SafraSaudi Arabia1,027 km SEWahhabi victory
1813Battle of MeccaMecca, Saudi Arabia287 km SOttoman-Egyptian victory
1813Battle of JeddahJeddah, Saudi Arabia54 km WOttoman-Egyptian victory
1814Battle of Al QunfudhahSaudi Arabia324 km SEWahhabi victory
1814Siege of TaifTa'if, Saudi Arabia246 km NOttoman-Egyptian victory
1815Battle of BysselSaudi Arabia66 km NEOttoman-Egyptian victory
April 1818Siege of DiriyahDiriyah, Saudi Arabia674 km NEOttoman victory
1840Battle of Nahr al-KalbLebanon1,476 km NWOttoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Auguste Couder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.