What the records say
- When
- 9 May 1569
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 15.50° N, 48.00° E
- Description
- 1569 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Al-Qahira (1569)
Clash during the Ottoman invasion of Yemen
The Battle of Al-Qahira was a military engagement between Ottoman forces under Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha and Koca Sinan Pasha and Yemeni forces under Al-Mutahhar, fought during the Ottoman campaign to reassert control over Yemen. The battle centered on the Al-Qahira fortress, a strategically important mountaintop fortification near Taiz.
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