Battle of Ad-Dakim

Battle of Ad-Dakim
Part of Campaign in South Arabia
British military transport in Aden
Date June, 1915-July 5, 1915 Location Ad-Dakim, Lahej Sultanate, Aden Protectorate Result Ottoman victory Territorial changes Ottoman occupation of Lahij
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Haushabi Sultanate	United Kingdom  India Sultanate of Lahij
Commanders and leaders
Ahmed Tevfik Pasha Ali Sait Pasha Hüseyin Ragıp Bey Imam Yahya	Ali bin Ahmed Al-Abdali D. G. L. Shaw

The Battle of Ad-Dakim (Arabic: معركة الدكيم) took place on July 3, 1915, in the Sultanate of Lahej, in which the Yemeni-Ottoman forces defeated the forces of the Sultan of the Sultanate of Lahej, Ali bin Ahmed, who were loyal to the British. They entered Lahej, and its sultan, Ali bin Ahmed Al-Abdali, withdrew from it to Aden, where he was assassinated by firing squad.^[1]