What the records say
- When
- 1834
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 31.18° N, 35.70° E
- Description
- 1834 siege
Siege of Al-Karak (1834)
The Siege of Al-Karak was a 17-day siege imposed by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt on the Transjordanian town of Al-Karak in 1834. The Pasha laid the siege on the town in pursuit of Qasim al-Ahmad, the leader of the Peasants' revolt in Palestine, who had fled from Nablus to take shelter in Al-Karak.
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