Battle of Al Khankah

Battle of Al Khankah
Part of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria of the French Revolutionary Wars

French Campaign in Egypt
Date16 May 1801
Location
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
French First Republic France
Supported by:
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
French First Republic Augustin Daniel Belliard Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha
Tahir Pasha
Muhammad Ali Pahsa
Strength
4,600 infantry
900 cavalry
24 cannons
9,500 men
Casualties and losses
350 killed and wounded 150 killed and wounded

The battle of Al Khankah was a military engagement between the Ottomans and the French army that took place near Cairo. The Ottomans successfully defeated the French, marking the beginning of the end of the French occupation of Egypt.


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