Siege of Al-Karak (1834)

This article is about the siege that occurred in 1834. Not to be confused with the Siege of Al-Karak in 1183.
1834 Siege of Al-Karak
Part of Peasants' Revolt of 1834 (Palestine)

Kerak Castle
Location
Al-Karak, Transjordan
31°10′50″N 35°42′05″E / 31.180556°N 35.701389°E / 31.180556; 35.701389
Result
  • Egyptian victory
  • Al-Karak and nearby towns looted
  • Qasim al-Ahmad captured
  • Execution and imprisonment of rebels
Belligerents
Egypt Eyalet Al-Karak inhabitants
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha
Rashad Bey		 Muhammad Majali
Siege of Al-Karak (1834) is located in Jordan
Siege of Al-Karak (1834)
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Location within Jordan

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.[1]

Egyptian troops looted the town and the countryside for five days, while Karak's famous fortifications were shelled with gunpowder and the town was reduced to ruins.[2] The Karakis took vengeance upon the Pasha and his Egyptian army when Ibrahim Pasha was driven out of Syria, six years after the siege.[2]

  1. ^ Rogan & Tell 1994, p. 27.
  2. ^ a b Rogan 2002, p. 31, 32.