List of wars involving Egypt

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This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states.

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  Egyptian victory

  Egyptian defeat

  Another result*

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Egypt, status quo ante bellum , or a treaty or peace without a clear result

Prehistoric Egypt (6200–3100 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
War at Jebel Sahaba Qadan people Qadan people ???
Siege of Naqada (c. 3270 BC) Thinis Naqada Thinite victory Scorpion I Unknown,but in the thousands

king Taurus killed

Early Dynastic Period (3100–2890 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt Upper Egypt Lower Egypt Upper Egypt victory Narmer ?
Egyptian expedition to Nubia First Dynasty of Egypt Nubian people Victory Hor-Aha ?
Egypto-Nubian conflict (c. 31003000 BC) First Dynasty of Egypt A-Group culture (Nubia)Victory
  • A-Group culture destroyed by the pharaohs of Egypt. [1]
  • Lower Nubia was not inhabited for centuries afterwards. [1]
Djer or Djet [2] ?
War of succession Horus Bird Sneferka inconclusive Hotepsekhemwy ?
War of the gods Khasekhemwy followers of the god Horus

followers of the god Set

Pharaoh victory
  • Lower and upper Egypt reunited
Khasekhemwy ?

Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
Egyptian campaigns in Sinai Third Dynasty of Egypt Sinai inhabitants Victory
  • Local inhabitants were subdued
Djoser ?
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia and Libya (c. 2600 BC) [3] [4] [5] Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Nubians

Libyans

Victory
  • Thousands of cattle and prisoners taken as spoils
Sneferu ?
Egyptian campaign in Nubia,Sinai and southern Canaan Sixth Dynasty of Egypt Nubians

Bedouins

Canaanites

Victory
  • A booty of men and goods was brought back to Egypt for presentation to the pharaoh
Pepi I Meryre ?

First Intermediate Period of Egypt (2181–2055 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
The Theban-Hieraconopolis Struggle Heracleopolis Thebes
Koptos
Dendera
Theban Victory
  • Koptos, Dendera and the three nomes of Hierakonpolis under Theban control, expanding the Theban kingdom 250 km northward with a border near Abydos.
Mentuhotep I
Intef I
?
Sack of Thinis Ninth Dynasty of Egypt Thinis Thinis Sacked Nebkaure Khety ?

Middle Kingdom Period (2055–1650 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
Reunification of Egypt Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt (Thebes) Tenth Dynasty of Egypt (Heracleopolis) Theban victory Mentuhotep II ?
Egyptian campaign in nubia Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt Nubia Victory
  • End of Nubian independence
Mentuhotep II ?
Expedition to Punt Eleventh dynasty of Egypt Land of Punt Victory
  • The region cleared of rebels
  • 12 wells built for future expeditions
  • Egyptians returned from Punt with many goods
Mentuhotep III ?
Egyptian Campaign in Lower Nubia (c. 1953 BC) [6] Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Various peoples in Lower Nubia.Victory
  • Nubians defeated and Egyptian colonisation of Lower Nubia.
Senusret I ?
Destruction of Iuai and Iasy Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Inhabitants of Iuai and IasyVictory
  • Iuai and Iasy destroyed and looted
Amenemhat II ?
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia (c. 1870–1859 BC) [7] Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Various Nubian peoplesVictory
  • Nubians defeated and Egyptian expansion into Nubia. [8]
Senusret III ?
Egyptian Campaign in Canaan (Between c. 1880 and c. 1840 BC) Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Shechem
Retjenu
Victory
  • Both Shechem and Retjenu defeated by Egypt. [9]
Senusret III ?
Expedition to Nubia Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Nubians Victory Amenemhat III ?

Second Intermediate Period (1650–1550 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
Exile to southern Egypt Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt Victory for the Fourteenth Dynasty of egypt
  • The 13th Dynasty have controlled Upper Egypt, while the 14th Dynasty ruled Lower Egypt
Yakbim Sekhaenre ?
Uprising of the 16th Dynasty Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt Defeat
  • Uprising of the hyksos
Nebiryraw I ?
Separation of central Egypt Abydos Dynasty Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt Victory for Abydos dynasty Pantjeny ?
Theban-Hyksos conflict Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt Hyksos Victory
  • Fall of the Hyksos kingdom
  • Egypt invades Levantine territory and gains a bridgehead in the Levant
  • Beginning of the new kingdom period
Seqenenre Tao, Kamose, Ahmose I ?

New Kingdom Period (1550–1077 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
Egyptian campaigns in the Levant and Syria Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Asiatics Victory
  • Hundreds of cities destroyed
Ahmose I ?
First Egyptian campaign in Nubia Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Kingdom of kerma Victory
  • Nubia became under Egyptian rule
Ahmose I ?
First Nubian Rebellion Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nubian rebels Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
Ahmose I ?
Qeheq invasion of western Delta Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Qeheq PeoplesVictory
  • Qeheq people exiled from western Delta
Amenhotep I ?
Western desert campaign Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Qeheq PeoplesVictory
  • Egypt spreads influence through the western desert
Amenhotep I ?
Second Egyptian campaign in Nubia Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nubians Victory
  • Nubian king killed by Thutmose I and hung from the prow of his ship
  • Permanently extending the Egyptian military presence in Nubia
Thutmose I ?
Egyptian campaign in Mitanni Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Naharin Victory
  • First time Egyptians ever crossed the Euphrates River
Thutmose I ?
Egyptian campaign in the Levant and Syria Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Canaanites

Naharin

Victory
  • Syrian princes declared allegiance to Thutmose
  • As many as 20 sites in the Levant suffered destruction
  • First time Egyptians ever crossed the Euphrates River
Thutmose I ?
Capture of the hyksos Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Hyksos remnantsVictory
  • End of the Hyksos power
Thutmose I ?
Second Nubian rebellion Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nubians rebels Victory
  • Nubian independence ended for 500 years
  • Nubia did not dare revolt as often as it had and was easily controlled by future Egyptian kings
Thutmose I ?
Third Nubian Rebellion Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nubian rebels Victory
  • Revolt easily crushed
Thutmose II ?
The Shashu Rebellion Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Shasu Bedouins Victory
  • Sinai remains under Egyptian control
Thutmose II ?
Egyptian conquest of Cyprus Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Cyprus Victory
  • Egyptian rule of Cyprus
  • Inhabitants forced to pay tribute
Thutmose III ?
Egyptian conquest of Punt [10] Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Punt Victory Thutmose III ?
Egyptian Campaign in the Levant (14581457 BC) Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Canaanites
Kadesh
Megiddo
Kingdom of Mitanni
Hurrians
Victory Thutmose III 4,000 at the Battle of Megiddo
Conquest of Syria Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Asiatics Victory
  • Many cities in Syria,Jordan,Lebanon and Canaan taken
Thutmose III ?
Invasion of Phoenicia Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Phoenicia Victory
  • Many cities in Syria, and Lebanon were taken
Thutmose III ?
Ardata revolts Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Asiatics Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
Thutmose III ?
Egyptian attack on Mitanni Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Mitanni Victory
  • Mitanni conquered with little resistance
  • Thutmose III went from city to city and pillaged them
Thutmose III ?
Nuhašše Rebellion Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nuhašše rebels Victory
  • north Syria remains under Egyptian rule
Thutmose III ?
Shasu campaign Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Shasu nomads Victory Thutmose III ?
Rebellions in the Arka Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Arkantu peopleVictory
  • Revolt suppressed
Thutmose III ?
Third Egyptian campaign in Nubia Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nubia Victory
  • Expansion of the Egyptian empire
Thutmose III ?
First Syrian campaign Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Asiatics Victory
  • Many cities in Syria,Jordan,Lebanon and Canaan taken
Amenhotep II ?
Egyptian-Mitanni conflict Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Mitanni Victory
  • Egyptian rule in levant restored
Amenhotep II ?
Fourth Nubian Rebellion Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nubian rebelsVictory
  • Revolt suppressed
Thutmose IV ?
Fifth rebellion in Nubia Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt kushite rebelsVictory
  • Revolt suppressed
Amenhotep III ?
Fourth expedition to Nubia Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nubian nomadic tribesVictory
  • Revolt suppressed
Akhenaten ?
Clashes with the Nubians and Asiatics Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Asiatics

Nubians

Victory Tutankhamun ?
Campaigns aganist the Hittites Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt Hittite empire
  • Hittite vassals
Victory
  • Egypt took control of some cities in the Levant
Seti I ?
Extermination of Sherden pirates Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt Sherden piratesVictory Ramesses II ?
Egyptian-Hittite conflict Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt Hittites inconclusive [12] Seti I, Ramses II ?
Fifth Nubian campaign Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt Nubians Victory Ramesses II ?
Libyan campaigns Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt libu tribes Victory Ramesses II ?
Second Egyptian-Libu war Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt libu tribes

Sea Peoples

Victory
  • Sea people and Libyans fail to conquer the Delta region
Merneptah ?
Suppression of revolts in Canaan Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt Israelites Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
Merneptah ?
Sea Peoples' invasion of Egypt Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt Sea Peoples
Libyan tribes

Sherden
Denyen
Philistines

Victory
  • Egyptians defeat the Sea Peoples in two land and sea battles
  • invasion repelled
Ramses III ?
Invasion of Cyrenaica Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt Libyan tribes of Cyrenaica Victory
  • Egypt claimed overlordship of Cyrenaican tribes and controls Cyrenaica
Ramses III ?
Third campaign in libya Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt Libyan parties Victory Ramesses VI ?
Libyan invasion of upper egypt Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt Libyan parties Victory
  • Libyans switch to invade Delta after their defeat in upper Egypt
Ramesses X ?
Sixth nubian revolt Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt Nubian cheifdomsDefeat
  • Nubian declaration of Independence after 500 years of Egyptian rule
Ramesses XI ?
Priests of Amun war Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt High Priest of Amun defeat for Ramesses Ramesses XI ?

Third Intermediate Period of Egypt (1077 BC–664 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
Theban revolt Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt High Priest of Amun Victory for the Pharaoh Ramesses XI ?
Unification of Egypt Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt High Priest of Amun Victory Shoshenq I ?
Battle of Bitter Lakes Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt Nomads Victory Shoshenq I ?
Jeroboam's Revolt Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
Kingdom of Israel
Kingdom of Judah Victory Shoshenq I ?
Civil war of the meshwesh Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt Defeat
  • Separation of Egypt into different Meshwesh cheifs
Osorkon II ?
Nubian invasion of Egypt Meshwesh kingdoms Nubia Nubian Victory
  • Nubian expansion through egypt
Piye ?
Egyptian influence extension in the Near East Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt Near East kingdomsDefeat Piye ?
Philistia and Gaza rebellion Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt

philistia and Gaza rebels

Flag of the Assyrians.svg Neo-Assyrian Empire Defeat Piye ?
Conquest of the nile valley Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt Flag of the Assyrians.svg Neo-Assyrian Empire

nilotic peoples

Victory
  • Shebitku conquered the entire Nile Valley, including Upper Egypt
Shebitku ?
Ashdod rebellion Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt Palestinian rebels Flag of the Assyrians.svg Neo-Assyrian Empire Defeat Shabaka ?
Siege of Judah (701 BC) Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt

Kingdom of Judah

Flag of the Assyrians.svg Neo-Assyrian Empire Victory Taharqa ?
Assyrian conquest of Egypt (674 BC) Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt Flag of the Assyrians.svg Neo-Assyrian Empire Victory Taharqa ?
Assyrian conquest of Egypt Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt Flag of the Assyrians.svg Neo-Assyrian Empire Defeat
  • The Neo-Assyrian Empire controls Egypt for over a period of about 10 years.
Taharqa ?
Reconquest of Egypt

Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt

Flag of the Assyrians.svg Neo-Assyrian Empire Victory
  • Taharqa reoccupied Memphis, as well as the Delta
Taharqa ?
Sack of Thebes Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt Flag of the Assyrians.svg Neo-Assyrian Empire

Egyptian vassals

Defeat
  • End of the 25th Dynasty
Tantamani ?

Late Period (c. 664-525 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
Reunification of Egypt Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Kingdom of Lydia

kinglets of the Dodecarchy

Libyan tribes

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Victory
  • In 654 BCE, Psamtik I was firmly in control of all Egypt
  • Fall of Ashdod
  • The capture of Ashdod may have effectively reflected part of the transfer of power from the crumbling Assyrian Empire to the new Egyptian 26th Dynasty
Psamtik I ?
Egyptian invasion of libya Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Libyan tribes Victory
  • Western desert and Cyrenaica were annexed by egypt
Psamtik I ?
Egyptian conquest of Judah
(609 BC)
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Kingdom of Judah Victory Necho II Undetermined, but low
Egyptian Babylonian war Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Neo-Babylonian Empire
Persians
Scythians
Medes
Victory
  • Egyptian capture of Kummuh and Gaza
Necho II ?
Expedition to phoenicia Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Phoenicia Victory Necho II ?
Invasion of Nubia Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Meroë Victory Psamtik II ?
Palestinian expedition Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
  • Palestinian rebels
Kingdom of Judah

Neo-Babylonian Empire

Inconclusive Psamtik II ?
Battle of Irasa Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Greek settlers of CyrenaicaDefeat Apries ?
Egyptian conquest of Cyprus Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Cyprus Victory
  • Egyptian control over Cyprus
Amasis II ?
First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire

Arabian and Greek mercenaries

Defeat
  • Egypt annexed by the Achaemenid Empire
  • Fall of the 26th Dynasty of Egypt
Psamtik III 50,000

Achaemenid egypt (c. 525-330 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
Achaemenid expedition to siwa Egyptian rebels Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire Victory
  • Ehe entire Achaemenid army either lost or killed
Petubastis III ?
Petubastis III revolt Egyptian rebels Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire Defeat
  • Egypt along with the libyan desert were annexed by the Achaemenid Empire
Petubastis III ?
Psammetichus IV revolt Egyptian rebels Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire Victory Psammetichus IV ?
Wars of the Delian League Egyptian rebels

Delian League

Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire and it's alliesInconclusive
  • Persia loses control over Thrace, the Aegean sea and the western coast of Asia Minor.
  • Greek expeditionary force defeated and repelled from Egypt.
Inaros II

Pericles Charitimides Cimon

?
Inaros II revolt Egyptian rebels Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire and it's alliesVictory Inaros II Undetermined, but low
Battle of Mendesium Egyptian rebels Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire and it's alliesDefeat Inaros II ?
Amyrtaeus revolt Egyptian rebels Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire Victory Amyrtaeus ?
Invasion of Asia Minor
(396–394 BC)
Egypt

Sparta

Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire and it's alliesVictory Nepherites I ?
Persian attack on Egypt
(385 BCE)
Egypt Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire Victory Hakor Undetermined, but low
Achaemenid invasion of Egypt
(374 BCE)
Egypt Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire

Greek mercenaries Arabs

Victory
  • Nectanebo takes over southern Egypt
Nectanebo I ?
Egyptian expedition into Palestine and Phoenicia Egypt Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire and it's alliesVictory
  • Egypt takes over the levant
Teos of Egypt ?
Nakhthorheb rebellion Teos of Egypt NakhthorhebVictory for Nakhthorheb and his father Teos of Egypt ?
Phoenician rebellion Egypt

Phoenician rebels

Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire Inconclusive Nectanebo II ?
Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt Egypt Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire Defeat
  • Persians take over Egypt after 60 years
Nectanebo II ?
Wars of Alexander the Great Macedonian Empire

Hellenic League Egyptian rebels

Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Achaemenid Empire
Illyrians
Thracians
Polis
Bactria
Sogdia
Uxiians
Pauravas
Aśvaka
Guraens
Mallians
Oxydracians
Amvastha
Victory
  • Macedonian Empire spans from the Balkans and Egypt in the west to Central Asia and India in the east
  • Beginning of the Hellenistic period
Alexander the Great ~1 million

Ptolemaic Kingdom (310-30 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaohEgyptian
losses
First Syrian War (274271 BC) Ptolemaic Kingdom Seleucid Empire Victory Ptolemy II Philadelphus ?
Chremonidean War (267261 BC) Athens
Sparta
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Macedonia Defeat Ptolemy II Philadelphus ?
Second Syrian War (274271 BC) Ptolemaic Kingdom Seleucid Empire
Macedonia
Stalemate Ptolemy II Philadelphus ?
Third Syrian War (246241 BC) Ptolemaic Kingdom Seleucid Empire Stalemate Ptolemy III Euergetes ?
Fourth Syrian War (219217 BC) Ptolemaic Kingdom Seleucid Empire Victory Ptolemy IV Philopator 2,200 at the Battle of Raphia
Upper Egyptian Revolt (204–196 BC) Ptolemaic Kingdom Hugronaphor Ankhmakis Ptolemaic victory
  • The rebel leaders were taken to Memphis and publicly executed on 26 March 196 BC
Ptolemy V Epiphanes ?
Fifth Syrian War (202195 BC) Ptolemaic Kingdom Seleucid Empire
Macedonia
Defeat Ptolemy V Epiphanes ?
Sixth Syrian War (170168 BC) Ptolemaic Kingdom
Roman Republic (168 BC)
Seleucid Empire Victory Ptolemy VIII Physcon ?
Caesar's Civil War
(49 BC–45 BC)
Caesarians
Mauretania
Pompeians
Numidia
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Kingdom of Pontus
Caesarian victory Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator ?
War of Actium (3230 BC)Eastern Roman provinces
Ptolemaic Egypt

Western Roman provinces

Defeat

Rome annexes Egypt and control over eastern provinces reasserted

Cleopatra VII ?

Roman Egypt (30 BC – 395 AD)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPharaoh/EmperorPraefectus AegyptiEgyptian
losses
Subjugation of upper Egypt Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Rebels in Thebes Roman victory
  • Upper Egypt was brought under Roman control by force of arms
  • Cornelius established a protectorate over the southern frontier district
Augustus Gaius Cornelius Gallus ?
Conquest of Arabia Petraea and Arabia Felix Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Nabataeans

Sabaeans [13]

Defeat
  • The campaign was successful in the beginning before the Roman army reached Arabia Felix
Augustus Gaius Aelius Gallus ?
Roman Campaign into the kingdom of kush Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Kingdom of Kush Victory Augustus Gaius Petronius ?
Siege of Jerusalem Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Jewish rebelsVictory
  • Roman rule of Jerusalem restored
Titus Tiberius Julius Alexander ?
Diaspora Revolt Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire
Local populations
Roman Jews rebels
Judaea
Roman victory
  • Ethnic cleansing of Jews in Egypt, Cyrenaica and Cyprus
  • Halt of further Roman expansion to the east
Trajan Marcus Rutilius Lupus ?
Bucolic War Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Isidorus Roman victory
  • Native Fellahin led by Isidorus defeated the Roman garrison of Egypt and took over all of Egypt with the exception of Alexandria
  • Cassius managed to destroy the rebels by separating them from one another.
  • the beginning of Egypt's economic decline
Marcus Aurelius Avidius Cassius/Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Julius Hospes ?
Usurpation of Avidius Cassius Avidius Cassius
Gaius Calvisius Statianus
Titius Claudius Dryantianus Antonius
Publius Martius Verus
Herodes Atticus
Gaius Vettius Sabinianus
Inconclusive
  • When news of Aurelius' plans to invade reached Egypt, a centurion killed Cassius, and sent his head to Aurelius, who refused to see it, and ordered it buried
  • Aurelius was forced to withdraw from his campaign against the Iazyges, and end the Marcomannic War
Marcus Aurelius Gaius Calvisius Statianus Avidius Cassius beheaded
Usurpation of Mussius Aemilianus
(261-262 CE)
Lucius Mussius Aemilianus
Memor
Aurelius Theodotus Revolt suppressed Gallienus Lucius Mussius Aemilianus ?
Palmyrene invasion of Egypt
(270 CE)
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Palmyrene Empire
Blemmyes
Defeat
  • The Roman Empire loses Egypt
  • Palmyrene annexation of Upper and Lower Egypt
Claudius II Gothicus Tenagino Probus ?
Aurelian’s reconquest of Egypt (272 CE) Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Palmyrene Empire Victory Aurelian Firmus ?
Revolt of Firmus Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Firmus Victory Aurelian No clear Governor?
Busiris–Coptos revolt
(292–293 CE)
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Rebels at Busiris and Coptos Revolt Suppressed Diocletian Galerius ?
Usurpation of Domitius Domitianus and Achilleus
(297-298 CE)
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire Domitius Domitianus
Aurelius Achilleus
Revolt Suppressed Diocletian Galerius ?

Byzantine Egypt (395 – 642)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsBasileusDuxEgyptian
losses
Sasanian conquest of Egypt Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century, square.svg Byzantine Empire Derafsh Kaviani flag of the late Sassanid Empire.svg Sasanian Empire Defeat Phocas
Heraclius
Nicetas ?
Muslim conquest of Egypt
(639–642)
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century, square.svg Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Makuria
Rashidun Caliphate Defeat Heraclius Cyrus of Alexandria
Theodore
?

Rashidun Caliphate (642 – 661)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsCaliphWaliEgyptian
losses
Byzantine reconquest attempt of Egypt
(645-646)
Rashidun Caliphate Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century, square.svg Byzantine Empire Victory Uthman Amr ibn al-As ?
Campaigns against Nubia Rashidun Caliphate Kingdom of Makuria Peace treaty
  • After two campaigns, the Muslims were unable to overpower Makuria, so they negotiated a mutual non-aggression treaty.
  • Each side agreed to afford free passage to each other through their respective territories. Nubia agreed to provide 360 slaves to Egypt every year, while Egypt agreed to supply grain, horses, and textiles to Nubia according to demand.
Umar
Uthman
Amr ibn al-As
Abdullah ibn Saad
?
Rebellion of the Egyptian delegation Rashidun Caliphate Egyptian rebelsRebels Victory Uthman Abdullah ibn Saad ?
First Fitna Rashidun Caliphate Mu'awiya's forces and Aisha's forces
Kharijites
Hasan–Muawiya treaty
  • Stalemate between forces of Ali and forces of Mu'awiya
  • Kharijites defeated
  • Dissolution of the Rashidun Caliphate and establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate
Ali Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ?

Umayyad Caliphate (661 – 750)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsCaliphWaliEgyptian
losses
Second Fitna Umayyad Caliphate Zubayrid Caliphate
Alids
Kharijites
Umayyad Victory Yazid I Marwan I ?
Third Fitna Pro-Qays Umayyads
Pro-Yaman Umayyads
Alids
Kharijites
Hashimiyya
Victory for the pro-Qays
  • Victory of Marwan II and the pro-Qays faction in the inter-Umayyad civil war
  • Umayyad authority weakened and overthrown in subsequent Abbasid Revolution
Marwan II Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr ?
Abbasid revolution Abbasid Caliphate Umayyad Caliphate Abbasid victory
  • Fall of the Umayyad dynasty and the establishment of Abbasid rule
Marwan II Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr ?

Abbasid Caliphate (750–935)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsCaliphEgyptian
losses
Tulunid loyalists rebblion Abbasid Caliphate Muhammad ibn Ali al-Khalanji Loyalist victory
  • The loyalist Egyptian army entered the city of Ramla in Palestine and defeated the Abbasid army there, whose leader was Wasif bin Sawartkin the Younger.
  • The Egyptian army reached Gaza and they were met by the Abbasid army stationed in Egypt,the Egyptian army won a landslide victory, then moved towards Arish and defeated the Abbasid garrison there, then to Farma and defeated the Abbasids there.
  • Abbasid governor of Egypt, Isa al-Nushari, prepared a very large army and met the Egyptian army at Bilbeis in Sharqia. There the Egyptians won another decisive victory, and the road to the Egyptian capital, Fustat, was opened.
  • Revival of the Tulunid emirate.
Al-Mu'tadid ?
Fall of the Tulunid emirate Abbasid Caliphate Tulunid Emirate Abbasid victory
  • The Egyptian army, led by Ibn al-Khalanji, was victorious in the Battle of al-Arish in the year 293 AH
  • Muhammad Ibn al-Khalanji defeated Fatik al-Mu'tadidi and his army more than once, but Ibn al-Khalanji was defeated at Beni Suef after valiant resistance
  • The Abbasids entered Fustat by land and sea and arrest Muhammad ibn Al-khalanji and his companions
Al-khalanji ?
Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) Abbasid Caliphate Fatimid Caliphate Stalemate
  • Initial Fatimid success in Libya and western Egypt.
  • Fatimids pushed back after failed attempts to conquer the Egyptian capital Fustat.
  • al-Qa'im and the remnants of his army abandoned Alexandria and returned to Ifriqiya in May 915 after Abbasid reinforcements from Syria and Iraq under Mu'nis al-Muzaffar arrived to Egypt.
Al-Muqtadir 10,000 to 20,000 dead
Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921) Abbasid Caliphate Fatimid Caliphate Abbasid victory
  • Failure of the Fatimid invasion
Al-Muqtadir ?

Bashmurid state (720 – 832)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsleaderEgyptian
losses
Bashmurian revolt (720) (unofficial) Coptic Flag.svg coptic rebels Umayyad Flag.svg Umayyad Caliphate Victory
  • The northern Delta area does not appear to have been under Umayyad control at the time, and may have been controlled by rebels.
Mina, son of Apacyrus?
Bashmurian revolt (749) (unofficial) Coptic Flag.svg coptic rebels Umayyad Flag.svg Umayyad Caliphate Victory
  • The Bashmurians took Samannūd and sacked Rosetta
Mina, son of Apacyrus?
Makurian invasion of southern Egypt (unofficial) Coptic Flag.svg coptic rebels

The flag of the 'Kingdom of Dongola' (Makuria) in the "Book of all kingdoms" (C. 1350).svg Makuria

Umayyad Flag.svg Umayyad Caliphate Victory
  • Luxor and Aswan were subjugated to Makuria
unknown?
Bashmurian revolt (767) (unofficial) Coptic Flag.svg coptic rebels

Arab settlers

Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Victoryunknown?
Abbasid reconquest of Delta (unofficial) Coptic Flag.svg coptic rebels Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Defeat
  • The Abbasids reconquered Egypt
unknown?

Tulunid Emirate (868–905)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsSultanEgyptian
losses
Alawite rebellion in Egypt Tulunid dynasty Alawite flag.svg Alawite rebelsVictory
  • Revolt suppressed
Ahmad ibn Tulun ?
Second Alawite rebellion in Egypt Tulunid dynasty Alawite flag.svg Alawite rebelsVictory
  • The Tulunid forces emerged triumphant, killing numerous rebels and capturing those who surrendered
Ahmad ibn Tulun ?
Tulunid-beja border conflict Tulunid dynasty Flag of the Beja Congress.svg Beja confederacy Victory Ahmad ibn Tulun ?
Ifriqiya campaign Tulunid dynasty Aghlabid dynasty Defeat
  • Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun defeated the local Aghlabid governor, Muhammad ibn Qurhub, sacked the town of Labda, and marched on Tripoli
  • Despite initial victories,Abbas was defeated by Ilyas ibn Mansur al-Nafusi in winter 880/1
Ahmad ibn Tulun ?
Barqa revolt Tulunid dynasty Cyrenaican rebelsVictory
  • Revolt suppressed
Ahmad ibn Tulun ?
Abbasid invasion of Egypt (877) Tulunid dynasty Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Victory
  • Egypt remained independent
Ahmad ibn Tulun ?
Border Clashes with the Byzantines Tulunid dynasty Byzantine Empire Flag (1350 AD).svg Byzantine Empire Victory
  • ibn Tulun Captures Cyprus and attacks Aegean islands
Ahmad ibn Tulun ?
Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun's usurpation Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun Loyalist troops Loyalist victory
  • Abbas, with the remnants of his army, was captured outside Alexandria
  • Abbas was executed
  • Khumarawayh made heir in 882
Ahmad ibn Tulun Abbas was commanded to execute or mutilate the most prominent of his followers
Qarmatian attack on levant Tulunid dynasty Qarmatians Flag.png Qarmatians
Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate
Stalemate Khumarawayh ?
Tulunid invasion of hejaz Tulunid dynasty Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate
Saffarids
Defeat Khumarawayh ?
Tulunid-Abbasid conflict over the Levant Tulunid dynasty Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Victory
  • Tulunids reaffirm rule over the Al-Sham region.
Khumarawayh
Sa'd al-Aysar
?
Second Abbasid conquest of Levant Tulunid dynasty Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Victory
  • Levant still remained under tulunid rule
Khumarawayh ?

Tulunid invasion of Jazira

Tulunid dynasty Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Victory
  • Tulunids conquered Upper Mesopotamia
  • The caliphate added Armenia to Khumarawayh domains
Khumarawayh ?
Abbasid Caliphate invasion of Tulunid-controlled Syria and Egypt (904–905) Tulunid dynasty Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Defeat
  • The Tulunid troops deserted
  • Harun ibn Khumarawayh was killed in an army mutiny
  • ending the rule of the Tulunids.
Harun ibn Khumarawayh

Shayban ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun

?

Ikhshidid Emirate (935–969)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsSultanEgyptian
losses
Rise of the Ikhshidid dynasty Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh

Ismaili flag.svg Fatimids

Victory
  • The Fatimid army captured the island of al-Rawda on the Nile and burned its arsenal.
  • Ibn Tughj's admirals Ali ibn Badr and Bajkam defected to the Fatimids.
  • The Fatimids retreated from Egypt to their base at Barqa.
Al-Radi ?
Shi'ite revolt (942) Ikhshidid dynasty Shi'ite rebelsVictory
  • The revolt was swiftly suppressed
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ?
Conflict with Ibn Ra'iq Ikhshidid dynasty Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Stalemate Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ?
Hamdanid invasion of the Levant Ikhshidid dynasty Hamdanid dynasty
Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate
Banu Kilab Flag (29).png Banu Kilab
Victory
  • Both sides agreed to a treaty dividing the region along the lines of the agreement with Ibn Ra'iq was concluded in October
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ?
Bedouin raid on the Western desert Ikhshidid dynasty Bedouins Inconclusive Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid ?
Nubian attacks on Egypt Ikhshidid dynasty The flag of the 'Kingdom of Dongola' (Makuria) in the "Book of all kingdoms" (C. 1350).svg Makuria Stalemate Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid ?
Ikhshidid fleet against the Byzantine navy Ikhshidid dynasty Flag of Romagna (Lega Nord) (Variant).svg Byzantine Empire Defeat
  • Anti-Christian riots were provoked by a defeat of the Ikhshidid fleet against the Byzantine navy in 960/963, as well as the Byzantine offensives under Nikephoros Phokas in Cilicia and northern Syria
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid ?
Hejazi campaign Ikhshidid dynasty Hejaz Victory Abu al-Misk Kafur ?
Ghalbūn rebellion Ikhshidid dynasty Ghalbūn Victory Abu al-Misk Kafur ?
Ikhshidid-Makurian conflict Ikhshidid Emirate

The flag of the 'Kingdom of Dongola' (Makuria) in the "Book of all kingdoms" (C. 1350).svg Makuria

Victory Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid

Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid Kafur al-Ikhshidi

?
Qaramatian campaign in hejaz Ikhshidid dynasty Qarmatians Flag.png Qarmatians Victory
  • Qaramatians were exiled from Hejaz and Levant
Abu al-Misk Kafur ?
Ikhshidid-Fatimid border conflict Ikhshidid dynasty Ismaili flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Victory
  • The Fatimid were prevented from Invading Egypt for the third time
Abu al-Misk Kafur ?
Hamdanid Invasion of Syria Ikhshidid dynasty Hamdanid dynasty Victory
  • The Hamdanid recognized the lordship of the ikhshidid dynasty over parts of Syria
Abu al-Misk Kafur ?
Fatimid conquest of Egypt Ikhshidid dynasty Ismaili flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Fatimid victory Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali ?

Fatimid Caliphate (969–1171)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsCaliphEgyptian
losses
Expansion into Syria Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Flag of Romagna (Lega Nord) (Variant).svg Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Fatimids take control of Palestine and south Syria while leaving Aleppo under the rule of the Byzantines
al-Aziz Billah ?
Fatimid Campaign against the Abbasids Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate Victory al-Aziz Billah ?
First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Qarmatians Flag.png Qarmatians
Banu Uqayl
Tayy Flag (39).png Tayy
Egyptian rebels
Inconclusive
  • Fatimid victory in Egypt
  • Qarmatian victory in the Levant
  • Fatimids remain control on Palestine and south syria
Ja'far ibn Fallah
Jawhar
?
Second Qarmatian invasion of Egypt Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Qarmatians Flag.png Qarmatians
Banu Uqayl
Tayy Flag (39).png Tayy
Egyptian rebels
Victory
  • Egypt remains under Fatimid rule
  • Qarmatians expelled from Egypt
Ja'far ibn Fallah
Jawhar
?
Reconquest of Levant Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Flag of Romagna (Lega Nord) (Variant).svg Byzantine Empire
Qarmatians Flag.png Qarmatians
Damascus Emirate
Buyid Dynasty Flag.jpg Buyid dynasty
Bedouins :

Hamdanid dynasty

Stalemate
  • Manjutakin invaded the Hamdanid emirate
  • conclusion of a ten-year truce in 1000 After al-Aziz Billah's death
  • The Fatimids lost control of Tripoli
  • Fatimids restore rule over the Levant
al-Aziz Billah ?
Bedouin revolt in Palestine and Syria Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Bedouin ConfederationVictory
  • Revolt was suppressed brutally
al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah ?
Conquest of Aleppo Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Emirate of AleppoVictory
  • Aleppo was annexed by the Fatimids
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ?
Expansion through Arabia Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate
Sharifate of Mecca
Bedouin rioters
Qarmatians Flag.png Qarmatians(uncertain or minor involvement)
Victory al-Aziz Billah ?
Persecution of the Druze Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Druze Inconclusive
  • 5,000 prominent Druze were killed in Antioch, followed by that of Aleppo.
  • The Druze movement was able to resume two years after the death of al-Zahir
Al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah ?
Nizar's rebellion Loyalists Nizar ibn al-Mustansir Loyalist Victory
  • Nizar's forces were placed under siege, until Nizar and his remaining followers were forced to surrender.
  • Nizar was immured and left to die
Al-Musta'li ?
Seljuk invasion of the levant Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Flag of the Seljuks.svg Seljuk Empire
  • Governors of Damascus

Abbasid Caliphate Caliphal Banner.svg Abbasid Caliphate

Victory
  • Invasion repelled
Al-Musta'li ?
Laguatan invasion of Egypt Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Laguatan Berbers Victory Al-Musta'li ?
Seljuk invasion of the levant Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate Sulayhid dynasty Victory
  • ibn Najib al-Dawla had become the virtual ruler of the parts of Yemen recognizing Fatimid suzerainty
Al-Musta'li ?
First Crusade Muslim States
Flag of the Seljuks.svg Seljuk Empire
Flag of Sultanate of Rum.svg Emirate of Rum
Danishmendids
Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate

Crusader armies
Army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles
Army of Godfrey of Bouillon
Army of Robert Curthose
Army of Robert II of Flanders
Army of Hugh the Great
Armies of Bohemond of Taranto
Armies of the People's Crusade
Flag of Romagna (Lega Nord) (Variant).svg Byzantine Empire

Defeat Al-Musta'li 12,700 at least
Venetian Crusade Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate

Burid dynasty
Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.svg Kingdom of Jerusalem
Coat of arms of the House of Toulouse-Tripoli.png County of Tripoli
Defeat
  • Tyre captured by Jerusalem
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah 4,000
Second Crusade Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate
Flag of the Seljuks.svg Seljuk Empire
Almohad banner (1229, conquest of Majorca).jpg Almoravid dynasty
Arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.svg Kingdom of Jerusalem
GreekCross.svg Byzantine Empire
Coat of arms of the House of Toulouse-Tripoli.png County of Tripoli
Blason Vide 3D.svg Principality of Antioch
Cross of the Knights Hospitaller.svg Knights Hospitaller
Cross of the Knights Templar.svg Knights Templar
Armoiries Leon II Armenie.svg Armenian Principality of Cilicia
Flag of France (XII-XIII).svg Kingdom of France
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal and Algarves (1834 to 1910).png Kingdom of Portugal
Flag-Holy-Roman-Empire.png Holy Roman Empire
County of Barcelona
Royal Banner of England.svg Kingdom of England
Flag of Romagna (Lega Nord) (Variant).svg Byzantine Empire
Flag of Castile and Leon.svg Kingdom of Castile and León
Inconclusive
  • Lisbon captured by the Portuguese
  • Tarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah ?
Crusader invasion of Egypt (1163–1169)

Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate

Arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.svg Kingdom of Jerusalem
GreekCross.svg Byzantine Empire
Coat of arms of the House of Toulouse-Tripoli.png County of Tripoli
Blason Vide 3D.svg Principality of Antioch
Cross of the Knights Hospitaller.svg Knights Hospitaller
Cross of the Knights Templar.svg Knights Templar
Armoiries Leon II Armenie.svg Armenian Principality of Cilicia
Flag of France (XII-XIII).svg French crusaders


Zengid dynasty

Victory
  • Crusaders withdraw from Egypt
  • Fatimid-Crusader border changed
  • Later establishment of the Ayyubid dynasty
  • Zengids seize Egypt [15] [16]
Al-Adid ?
Fatimid-Zengid conflict Arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.svg Kingdom of Jerusalem

Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate

Zengid dynasty Peace treaty
  • Both the Crusaders and Shirkuh's Zengid troops departed Egypt after the payment of tribute from the Fatimid treasury.
Al-Adid ?
Revolt of the Blacks Green swallowtailed flag.svg Fatimid Caliphate
  • Black-African Elites of the Fatimid army
  • Fatimid Officials in Cairo
  • Pro-Fatimid citizens of Cairo
Saladin's Standard.svg Ayyubid Sultanate
  • Saladin's Syrian, Kurdish and Turkish forces
  • Pro-Ayyubid Egyptian rebels
Ayyubid victory
  • Decline and later fall of the Fatimid Caliphate in 1171
  • Founding and Establishment of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt
Al-Adid ?

Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1250)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsSultanEgyptian
losses
Ayyubid conquest of North Africa Ayyubid dynasty

Banu Ghaniya

Almohad

Berbers tribes

Victory Saladin ?
Almohad reconquest of Ifriqiya Ayyubid dynasty

Banu Ghaniya

Almohad Defeat
  • The Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansur reconquered Ifriqiya from 1187 to 1188.
  • The Ayyubids made no further attempts to intervene in the Maghreb after this.
Saladin ?
Ayyubid conquest of Yemen and Hejaz Ayyubid dynasty Arab tribes

Hamdanid

Victory
  • In May 1174, Turan-Shah conquered Zabid and later that year captured Aden.
  • Ayyubids implemented a new tax which was collected by galleys.
  • Turan-Shah drove out the remaining Hamdanid rulers of Sana'a, conquering the mountainous city in 1175.
  • Uthman al-Zandjili, conquered the greater part of Hadramaut in 1180.
  • Saladin effectively established Egypt's hegemony in the region
Saladin ?
Ayyubid conquest of Syria and Upper Mesopotamia Ayyubid dynasty Zengid
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Knights Templar
Victory
  • Saladin gains the title of "Sultan of Egypt and Syria"
Saladin ?
Battle of Hattin Saladin's Standard.svg Ayyubid Sultanate Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg Kingdom of Jerusalem
Banner of Arms of the House of Toulouse-Tripoli.svg County of Tripoli
Bandeira Templaria.svg Knights Templar
Banner of the Principality of Antioch.png Principality of Antioch
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Knights Hospitaller
Flag of the Order of Saint Lazarus.svg Order of St. Lazarus
Cross of order of mountjoy.svg Order of Mountjoy
Victory Saladin ?
Third Crusade

(11891192)

Stalemate
  • Treaty of Jaffa
  • Crusader military Victory, resulting in a three-year truce. Acre, Philomelion, Iconium, Arsuf, and Jaffa all Crusader military victories.
  • Recognition of the territorial status quo at the end of active campaigning, including continued Muslim control of Jerusalem and the restoration of the Levantine to the Crusader States Crusader States.
  • The safety of both Christian and Muslim unarmed pilgrims guaranteed throughout the Levant.
  • The Crusader Captures Cyprus and the Kingdom of Cyprus is established
  • The Levantine coast from Tyre to Jaffa returned to Crusader control
  • The Crusaders recapture Tiberias and some inland territories from the Muslims
Saladin ?
Crusade of 1197

(11971198)

Ayyubids Indecisive Al-Aziz Uthman ?
Fifth Crusade

(1217–1221)

Muslim forces:

Crusaders:

Levant:

Military orders:

Victory
  • Eight-year truce between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders
Al-Kamil ?
Sixth Crusade

(1227–1229)

Ayyubids of Egypt
Ayyubids of Damascus
Holy Roman Empire
Teutonic Knights
Kingdom of Sicily
Defeat Al-Kamil ?
Baron's Crusade

(1239–1241)

Ayyubids of Damascus

Ayyubids of Egypt

Kingdom of Jerusalem
French and Navarre crusaders
English crusaders
County of Habsburg
Defeat As-Salih Ayyub ?

Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsSultanEgyptian
losses
Seventh Crusade
(12481254)
Ayyubid Dynasty
Bahris
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Knights Templar
Knights Hospitaller
Kingdom of Navarre
Victory Aybak ?
Battle of al-Kura (1251) Mamluks of Egypt Ayyubids of Syria Mamluk victory
  • Faris al-Din Aktay led an attack on Palestine and captured Gaza.
  • The Mamluks were able to stabilize their rule in Egypt, while the Ayyubids remained limited to Syria.
  • Through the mediation of Caliph al-Musta'sim, this situation was deepened in a contract between Damascus and Cairo in April 1253, and Gaza was also returned to An-Nasir Yusuf.
Aybak ?
Mongol invasions of the Levant
(12601323)
Mamluk Sultanate

Ayyubid remnants
Nizari Ismailis of Syria
Golden Horde (after 1264)
Karamanid rebels
Abbasids

Victory
  • Mongols temporarily conquer parts of Levant until repelled by the Mamluk Sultanate
Qutuz ?
Mamluk expeditions to the Levant and Anatolia (1265 – 1277) Mamluk Sultanate Rubenid Flag.svg Cilician Armenia
Cross of the Knights Templar.svg Knights Templar
Flag of the Ilkhanate.svg Ilkhanate
Armoiries Tripoli.svg County of Tripoli
Isma'ili Shia Assassins
Victory
  • Baybars launched expeditions against the Crusader fortresses throughout Syria, capturing Arsuf in 1265, and Halba and Arqa in 1266.
  • Baybars pillages numerous Armenian villages.
  • Baybars captured Safed from the Knights Templar, and shortly after, Ramla, both cities in interior Palestine.
  • In 1268, the Mamluks captured Jaffa before conquering the Crusader stronghold of Antioch.
  • In 1271, Baybars captured the major Krak des Chevaliers fortress from the Crusader County of Tripoli
  • In 1277, Baybars launched an expedition against the Ilkhanids, routing them in Elbistan in Anatolia, but withdrew to avoid overstretching his forces and risk being cut off from Syria by a larger incoming Ilkhanid army.
Baybars ?
Baybars's expedition to the Horn of Africa(1265–1276) Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of Makuria

Kingdom of al-Abwab

Victory
  • In 1265, the Mamluks invaded northern Makuria, forcing the Nubian king to become their vassal.
  • Baybars conquers the Red Sea areas of Suakin and the Dahlak Archipelago.
  • In 1268, the Makurian king, David I, overthrew the Mamluks' vassal and in 1272, raided the Mamluk Red Sea port of Aydhab.
  • In 1276, the Mamluks defeated King David of Makuria in the Battle of Dongola and installed their ally Shakanda as king. This brought the fortress of Qasr Ibrim under Mamluk suzerainty.
  • The Mamluks received the submission of King Adur of al-Abwab further south.
Baybars ?
Fall of Outremer (1268–1302)

Mameluke Flag.svg Mamluk Sultanate
No flag.svg Order of Assassins

Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg Kingdom of Jerusalem
Stemma reale di Giano di Cipro.svg Kingdom of Cyprus
Banner of the Principality of Antioch.png Principality of Antioch
Flag of the Ilkhanate.svg Ilkhanate
Flag of the Rubenid Dynasty.svg Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Bagrationi dynasty Coat of Arms.png Georgian Bagratids
Tyre
Templars Hospitallers Teutonic Knights
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England
Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg Kingdom of Sicily


Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire

Victory
  • The Mamluks capture all Crusade possessions in the Holy Land
Baibars
Qalawun
Khalil
Al-Nasir Muhammad
?
Ninth Crusade
(12711272)
Bandeira Templaria.svg Knights Templar
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Knights Hospitaller
Flag of the State of the Teutonic Order.svg Teutonic Order
Flag of the Ilkhanate.svg Ilkhanate
Inconclusive Baibars ?
Alexandrian Crusade
(1365)
Mamluk Sultanate Defeat
  • The Cypriots controlled the city for 3 days and then abandoned it
Al-Ashraf Sha'ban ?
Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus
(14241426)
Mameluke Flag.svg Mamluk Sultanate Stemma reale di Giano di Cipro.svg Kingdom of Cyprus Victory
  • Cyprus becomes a tributary state
Barsbay ?
Ottoman–Mamluk War
(14851491)
Mameluke Flag.svg Mamluk Sultanate

Supported By:
Vasak tribe
Turgudlu tribe

Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire Victory Qaitbay ?
Mamluk-Portuguese War
(15051517)
Mameluke Flag.svg Mamluk Sultanate
Supported by:
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Kingdom of Calicut
Flag of Ottoman.svg Ottoman Empire
Flag Portugal (1495).svg Portuguese Empire Defeat
  • Portuguese dominance of most of the Indian Ocean secured. [18] [19] [20]
  • The Mamluk Sultanate becomes financially crippled. [21]
  • Failed Portuguese invasion of the Red Sea. [22]
  • The Portuguese assert dominance over most of the Indian Ocean region and the spice trade. [18]
Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri ?
Mamluk-Tahirid war

(1515–1517)

Mamluk Sultanate Tahirid Sultanate Victory
  • The entire Tahirid realm fell under the Mamluks with the exception of Aden
  • Mamluk fleet sets up a tributary regime in Zabid
?
Ottoman–Mamluk War
(15161517)
Flag of Ottoman Empire (1517-1793).svg Ottoman Empire
Mameluke Flag.svg Mamluk rebels
Defeat?

Ottoman Egypt (1517–1803)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsHead of StateEgyptian
losses
Spanish–Ottoman wars Flag of Ottoman Empire (1517-1793).svg Ottoman Empire
Regency of Algiers
Ait Abbas
Kuku
Eyalet of Tunis
Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Ottoman Tripolitania
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg  Egypt
Flag of Yemen 1918.svg Yemen Eyalet
Habesh Eyalet
Basra Eyalet
Flag of Aceh Sultanate.svg Sultanate of Aceh
Western Herzegovina 1760 flag.svg Eyalet of Bosnia
Eastern Hungary
Francis II Rakoczi's Iustam Causam banner.svg Transylvania
Flag of Moldavia according to Alexander Gwagnin.svg Moldavia
Flag of Wallachia.svg Wallachia
Crimean Khanate
Barbary corsairs
Supported by:
Flag of medieval France.svg France
Prinsenvlag.svg Dutch Republic
Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England
Flag of Marinid and Saadi Dynasty (1258-1420) (1554-1659).svg Saadi Sultanate
18th Century Flag of Sulu.svg Sulu Sultanate
Flag of Maguindanao.svg Maguindanao
Bruneian Empire
Bendera Ternate - Almulk Buldan Ternate.svg Sultanate of Ternate
Flag of Adal Sultanate.svg Adal Sultanate
Kathiri flag.svg Kathiri Sultanate
Muzzaffar (Mogadishu area) flag according to 1576 Portuguese map.svg Ajuran Sultanate
Gujarat Sultanate Flag.gif Gujarat Sultanate
Deccan Sultanates
Ahmadnagar Sultanate
Sultanate of Bijapur
Zamorin of Calicut
Croix huguenote.svg Huguenots
Lutherrose.svg Protestant German dissidents
Royal Standard of Nasrid Dynasty Kingdom of Grenade.svg Morisco/Mudejar dissidents
Star of David.svg Marrano/Sephardic dissidents
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg  Spain
Naples
Sicily
Flag of the Duchy of Milan (1450).svg Duchy of Milan
Spanish Tripoli
Spanish Oran
Spanish Netherlands
Philippines
Flag of Portugal (1578).svg  Portugal
Portuguese India
Flag of Ormus.png Ormus
Mozambique
Papal States
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Order of Malta
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Republic of Ragusa
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire
Savoie flag.svg Savoy
Flag of Genoa.svg Republic of Genoa
Flag of John the Baptist.svg Florentine Republic
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1562-1737).svg Tuscany
Flag of the Duchy of Mantua (1575-1707).svg Mantua
Flag of Montferrat.svg Montferrat
Ducado de Modena (antes de 1830).svg Ferrara
Flag of Duchy of Urbino.svg Urbino
Electoral Standard of Bavaria (1623-1806).svg Bavaria
Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Flag of Bohemia.svg Bohemian Crown
Carniola Arms.svg Duchy of Carniola
Generieke vlag van Vlaanderen.svg
Flanders
Coa Hungary Country History (14th century).svg Hungary
Croatia
Holy League
Supported by:
Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran
Coat of arms of Kartli Georgia.png Kingdom of Kartli
Hafsid Flag - Tunisia.svg Hafsid Tunisia
Kingdom of Tlemcen (Zayyanids)
Flag of the Sultanate of Tidore.png Sultanate of Tidore
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopian Empire
Choragiew krolewska krola Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Poland–Lithuania
Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg Tsardom of Russia
Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro2.svg Montenegro
Coa Serbia Country History (Fojnica Armorial) (14th century).svg Serbian dissidents
Flag of Greece (1821).svg Greek dissidents
Coa Kastrioti Family.svg Albanian dissidents
Saadi Sultanate
Inconclusive Lala Mustafa Pasha ?
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) Flag of Ottoman Empire (1517-1793).svg Ottoman Empire

Supported by:
Flag of Adal Sultanate.svg Adal Sultanate
Gujarat Sultanate
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg  Egypt

Flag of Portugal (1521).svg Portuguese Empire

Supported by:
Ethiopian Pennants.svg Ethiopian Empire
Kathiri flag.svg Kathiri Sultanate

Stalemate Hadım Suleiman Pasha ?
Ottoman–Ethiopian War (1557–1589) Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1517).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Egypt Eyalet
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Yemen Eyalet
Medri Bahri
Flag of Adal Sultanate.svg Adal Sultanate
Ethiopian Pennants.svg Ethiopian Empire
Supported by:
Flag of Portugal (1521).svg Portuguese Empire
Victory
  • Peace treaty signed
  • Ottoman victory in the coastline
  • Decline and dissolution of the Adal Sultanate
  • Establishment of Habesh Eyalet in Hergigo and Massawa
  • The establishment of Ottoman Zeila
  • Annexation of an Eritrean port by the Ottomans
Koca Sinan Pasha ?

Beylik of Egypt (1760–1803)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsHead of StateEgyptian
losses
Great Mamluk revolt Flag of the Mameluks.svg Beylik of Egypt 1783 Ottoman Flag.svg Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Mamluks return to power
Ali Bey al-Kabir ?
Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774) Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire 1783 Ottoman Flag.svg Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
  • Ottoman Empire cedes Kerch, Enikale and part of Yedisan to Russia.
  • Crimean Khanate becomes a Russian client state.
Ali Bey al-Kabir
Abu al-Dhahab
?
Campaigns in levant Flag of the Mameluks.svg Beylik of Egypt
Emirate of Palestine
1783 Ottoman Flag.svg Ottoman Empire Victory Ali Bey al-Kabir
Zahir al-Umar
?
Subjection the Hawwara Flag of the Mameluks.svg Beylik of Egypt Hawwara Victory
  • Upper Egypt Egypt was subjected to the Beylik
Ali Bey al-Kabir
Abu al-Dhahab
?
Ottoman reconquest of Egypt Flag of the Mameluks.svg Beylik of Egypt 1783 Ottoman Flag.svg Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Ottomans reconquer Egypt
Ali Bey al-Kabir ?
French invasion of Egypt and Syria Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg  Ottoman Empire

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain (1798–1800)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (1801)
Irregular and auxiliary forces:

Flag of France official.svg French Republic
(unofficial) Coptic Flag.svg Coptic Legion
Victory Ibrahim bey 50,000 killed and wounded
Muhammad Ali's rise to power Flag of the Mameluks.svg Mameluks

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain


Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg  Ottoman Empire

Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Muhammad Ali forces Muhammad Ali victory
  • Muhammad Ali Pasha becomes ruler of Egypt
  • Egypt Eyalet established
  • End of Mamluk power in Egypt
  • Ottomans expelled from Egypt
  • Egypt Eyalet becomes an autonomous Ottoman Vassal and a de facto independent sovereign state
Muhammad Ali of Egypt 3,000 Turkish-Egyptian Mamluks

Ottoman Eyalet of Egypt and Khedivate of Egypt (1803–1914)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsHead of StateEgyptian
losses
Fraser Expedition
(1807)
Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Victory Muhammad Ali of Egypt ?
Bedouin attack on Bilbeis Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet Bedouins Inconclusive
  • the Bedouin couldn't continue on attacking other cities
200 Fellahin
Expulsion of the Hawwara Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet Hawwara Confederation Victory
  • ibrahim pasha crushed their dominant influence, and made them flee in masses to the Sudan.
?
Egyptian–Saudi War
(18111818)
Victory8,000 casualties [25]
Conquest of eastern Libya Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Ottoman Tripolitania Victory
  • Egypt expands to siwa and jilf and expands influence through western desert
?
Egyptian conquest of Sudan

(18201824)

Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg  Egypt Royal Funj "wasm" (branding mark).png Sennar Sultanate
Shayqih Kingdom
Sultanate of Darfur
Victory?
Shendi and Sennar rebellion Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet Royal Funj "wasm" (branding mark).png Sennar rebelsVictory
  • Revolt suppressed
  • Egypt maintains control over sudan
?
Ahmad Revolt Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet Followers of AhmadDefeat
  • Revolt suppressed
?
Greek War of Independence
(18211829)
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg Ottoman Empire Greek Revolution flag.svg Greek Revolutionaries After 1822:
Diplomatic support:
Defeat

Independence of Greece

over 8,000 [27]
First Egyptian–Ottoman War
(18311833)
Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt
Supported by:
Chehab Emirate flag.svg Shihab dynasty
Flag of the Emirate of Soran.svg Soran Emirate
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire (1833)
Victory3,392–3,792
Syrian peasant revolt (1834–1835) Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet Alawite flag.svg Alawite clans
Urban notables of:
Nablus
Jerusalem
Hebron
Safed
Victory
  • revolt suppressed
?
Peasants' revolt in Palestine Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Egypt Eyalet

Abd al-Hadi clan of Arraba
Abu Ghosh clan of Jerusalem region (From July 1834)
Supported by:

Urban notables of Nablus, Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed
In detail:

Supported by:

Victory
  • Rebel leaders executed
  • Egyptian rule reasserted
  • Conscription orders carried out
  • 10,000 peasants deported to Egypt
Several thousand
Alawite revolt (1834–1835) Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet
Supported by:
Chehab Emirate flag.svg Emir Bashir's Christian forces
Alawite flag.svg Alawite clans Victory
  • revolt suppressed
  • Egyptian rule restored
?
1834 looting of Safed Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Egypt Eyalet Star of David.svg jewsVictory
  • revolt suppressed
?
Ottoman-Ethiopian border conflicts
(18321848)
Ottoman Empire Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia Egyptian military Victory?
Mek Nimir Rebellion Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Eyalet of Egypt Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia
  • Mek Nimir
Victory?
Battle of Debre Tabor Loyalists to Ali
Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg Eyalet of Egypt
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia Victory
  • revolt suppressed
?
Expedition to Najd (1836)
(1836)
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg Ottoman Empire Flag of the First Saudi State.svg Emirate of Najd Victory
  • Mehmet Ali occupies Najd, al-Hasa and Qatif and gains the submission of Bahrain, Qatar and Trucial Oman
?
1838 Druze revolt
(1838)
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Egypt Eyalet

Chehab Emirate flag.svg Shihab's forces supported by:

  • Flag of Anaza.png Anaza tribe
  • Wuld Ali tribe
  • Sulut tribe of Laja (since March 1838)
Flag of Druze.svg Druze clans

supported by:

  • Sulut tribe of Laja (until March 1838)
  • Maydan quarter of Damascus
Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
  • Peace agreement signed
  • Egyptian rule restored
  • Druze exempted from conscriptions
~400 [28]
Second Egyptian–Ottoman War
(18391841)
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Egypt Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg Ottoman Empire
Allies:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg Prussia
Defeat1,100+
Crimean War
(18531856)
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France [f]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [f]
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Sardinia [g]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Naval Royal Standard of Greece (1833-1858).svg  Greece [h]
Victory Abbas I of Egypt ?
British expedition to Abyssinia Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egypt

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

  • British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India
    Ethiopian rebels
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia Victory
  • Release of European hostages
  • Suicide of Emperor Tewodros II
  • Destruction of Magdala fortress
Isma'il Pasha ?
Cretan revolt
(18661869)

Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egypt

Arkadi Cretan flag.svg Greek Revolutionaries
Supported by:
State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Kingdom of Greece
Victory
  • Suppression of the revolt
1,333
Conquest of Darfur (1873–1874) Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egyptian Empire Flag of Darfur.svg Sultanate of Darfur Victory
  • fall of the darfur Sultanate
  • Darfur becomes a province of Sudan
  • the dynasty re-established the sultanate in al-Fashir under Ali Dinar in 1898
?
Egyptian invasion of BogosFlag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egyptian Empire Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia Victory
  • Bogos lands were annexed to Egypt
  • Werner Munzinger purchased the province of Eilat.
?
Ethiopian invasion of Eastern SudanFlag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egyptian Empire Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia Victory
  • Besides the Ethiopians looting the area, the Egyptian forces have forced them to surrender
?
Ethiopian–Egyptian War
(18741876)
Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egyptian Empire Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia Defeat13,000+ [29]
Kassala rebellionFlag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egyptian Empire Sudanese slave soldiers Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
?
Invasion of Juba Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egyptian Empire Flag of the Shilluk.svg Shilluk Kingdom Victory
  • Egypt takes control of South sudan
?
Expansion through lake victoria Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egyptian Empire Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Flag.png Kingdom of Bunyoro
Flag of Turkana County.gif Turkana people
Flag of Buganda (1892).svg kingdom of buganda
Victory
  • Egypt controls bunyoro
  • Egypt expands it's influence through lake victoria
  • Establishment of Hatt-ı Üstuva vilayet
?
Invasion of the equatoria Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Egyptian Empire Flag of Dinka people.svg Dinka tribe
Nuer White Army Flag.svg Nuer people
Flag of the Azania Liberation Front.gif Azande cheifdoms
Bande tribe
Mangbetu tribe
Sultanate of Bagirmi
Murle people
other Bantu tribes
Victory?
Egyptian invasion of the Eastern Horn of Africa

(1874–1885)

Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Khedivate of Egypt Oromo
Emirate of Harar
Red flag.svg Sultanate of Aussa

Afran Qallo

Victory?
Serbian–Turkish Wars
(18761878)
Defeat?
‘Urabi Revolt
(18791882)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Egypt flag 1882.svg ʻUrabilist forcesDefeat of ‘Urabi Tewfik of Egypt 2,250 [31]
Mahdist War
(18811899)
Flag of the Mahdi movement in Sudan.svg Mahdist State Victory13,102 [37] [38] :30,33

Sultanate of Egypt (British Protectorate) (1914–1922)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsHead of StateEgyptian
losses
World War I
(19141918)
Allied Powers:

and others ...

Central Powers:

and others ...

Victory
Hussein Kamel 14,763+
Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition
(1916)
Victory
  • Darfur becomes a province of Sudan
5
Egyptian Revolution
(1918-1919)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Britain Revolution flag of Egypt 1919.svg Egyptian protesters Wafd Victory Fuad I 800

Kingdom of Egypt (1919–1953)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsHead of StateEgyptian
losses
World War II
(19391945)

Allies
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Canada
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Kingdom of Egypt
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Brazil
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico
Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1945).svg Mongolia

Axis
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg Slovakia
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg  Iraq
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand

Victory Farouk I 1,125 [40]
1935–1936 protests in Egypt Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Kingdom of Egypt
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
ProtestorsProtestors Defeat100

Abdeen Palace incident
(1942)

Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Kingdom of Egypt

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

DefeatNone
First Arab–Israeli War
(19481949)
Defeat1,161-
2,000 [45]
Battle of Ismailia (1952)Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Defeat56 killed
73 wounded
Cairo Fire
(1952)
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt European Civilians VictoryUnknown
Egyptian Revolution
(1952)
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Kingdom of Egypt
Supported by:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg Free Officers Movement
Supported by:
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States [46] [47]
Free Officers' Victory2

Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)

ConflictEgypt
and allies
OpponentsResultsHead of StateMinister of
Defense
Egyptian
losses
MilitaryCivilians
Jebel Akhdar War
(1954–1959)
Imamate of Oman
Supported by: Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg Republic of Egypt
Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg Saudi Arabia
Sultanate of Muscat
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Defeat (Limited involvement) Gamal Abdel Nasser Abdel Hakim Amer NoneNone
Suez Crisis
(1956)
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of France.svg  France
Inconclusive
  • Egyptian political victory
  • Coalition military victory
1,650–
3,000
~1,000
Syrian Crisis of 1957 Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg Second Syrian Republic
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg Republic of Egypt
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkiye
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of CENTO.svg Baghdad Pact
Victory
  • Egypt successfully opposed Turkey's plans to invade Syria, backed by U.S. support.
NoneNone

United Arab Republic (1958–1971)

ConflictEgypt
and allies
OpponentsResultsHead of StateMinister of
Defense
Egyptian
losses
MilitaryCivilians
Lebanon crisis
(1958)
Najjadeh Party
Progressive Socialist Party
Lebanese Communist Party
Al-Mourabitoun
Supported by: Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic
Lebanese Armed Forces
Kataeb Party
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
ARF
Supported by: Flag of the United States.svg United States
Inconclusive
  • Reconciliation Government formed
Gamal Abdel Nasser Abdel Hakim Amer NoneNone
Mosul uprising
1959
Flag of Egypt without eagle.svg Arab nationalists
Supported by:
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic [48] [49] [50]
Flag of the United States.svg United States [51]
Defeat (Limited involvement)NoneNone
Syrian coup d'état
(1961)

Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic

Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg Syrian Arab Republic Coup successful
  • Syrian independence restored
  • Repeal of socialist UAR's laws, reversal of nationalization of several industries and currency unification
  • Writing of a new constitution, Constitution of 1950 in force
  • Series of coups and counter-coups culminate in the coup of 8 March 1963
NoneNone
North Yemen Civil War
(19621967)
Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic.svg Yemen Arab Republic
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic
Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.svg Kingdom of Yemen
Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg Saudi Arabia
Stalemate Abdel Wahab el-Beshry 26,000 dead [56] None
Sand War
(1963)
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Stalemate
  • The closing of the border south of Figuig
UnknownNone
Aden Emergency

(1963–1967)

NLF
FLOSY
Supported by:

Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Federation of South Arabia
Protectorate of South Arabia
Strategic Victory300 DeadMinimal to none
Ethiopian–Somali Border War Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
Supported by:
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Egypt [57] [58]
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
Supported by:
Flag of the United States.svg United States
StalemateMinimal to noneMinimal to none
Six-Day War
(1967)
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Egypt
Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Syria
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraq [59]
Minor involvement:
Flag of Lebanon (1943-1990).svg Lebanon [60]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Defeat Shams Badran 9,800–15,000 killed or missing [64] [65] Unknown
War of Attrition
(19671970)


Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Inconclusive Mohamed Fawzi 2,882 [68] –10,000 [69]
Nigerian Civil War
(19671970)
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic
Flag of Biafra.svg Biafra Victory(Limited Involvement)UnknownNone

Arab Republic of Egypt (1971–present)

ConflictEgypt
and allies
OpponentsResultsHead of StateMinister of
Defense
Egyptian
losses
MilitaryCivilians
Yom Kippur War
(1973)
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Inconclusive

Analyses differ on the militarily outcome of the war; as an Israeli victory by some military historians, and by others, as a military stalemate.

  • At the final ceasefire:
    • Egyptian forces held 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) on the eastern bank of the canal. [76]
    • Israeli forces held 1,600 km2 (620 sq mi) on the western bank of the canal. [77]
    • Israeli forces held 500 km2 (193 sq mi) of the Syrian Bashan region of the Golan Heights.
Anwar Sadat Ahmad Ismail Ali 5,000 [78] –15,000 [79] deadUnknown
Shaba I
(1977)
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
FLNC Congo.svg FNLC Victory
  • FNCL expelled from Katanga
Mohamed el-Gamasy NoneNone
Egyptian–Libyan War
(1977)
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt Flag of Libya (1972-1977).svg Libya Ceasefire~100Unknown
Chadian–Libyan War (1978–1987)Flag of Chad.svg Anti-Libyan Chadian factions

Supported by:Flag of Sudan.svg DR Sudan
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg Iraq
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya
Flag of Chad.svg Pro-Libyan Chadian factions

Supported by:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria [83]
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Victory Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala 1,000 DeadUnknown
Egyptian conscripts riot
(1986)
Flag of the Army of Egypt.svg Egyptian Army Central Security Forces Emblem.svg Central Security Forces Egyptian Army Victory
  • Riot suppressed
  • Mubarak regime promised to overhaul the force by raising its entry standards, increasing payment and bettering living conditions in their camps
Hosni Mubarak 107 [84] None
Gulf War
(19901991)
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg Syria
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Old Flag of Oman.svg Oman
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg Iraq Victory Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb 11 [85] [86] None
Algerian Civil War
(1992-2002)
Flag of Algeria.svg Government of Algeria
Minor involvement:
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt [87] [88]
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia [87] [88]
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France [88] [89]
Flag of Europe.svg European Union [89]
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa [90]
Flag of the Islamic Salvation Front.svg Islamic Salvation Front loyalists
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco [88] [91] [92]
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya (until 1995) [88]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (pre-war) [89]
Flag of Iran.svg Iran (alleged) [89]
Saudi private donors [89]

Armed Islamic Group of Algeria Flag.png Armed Islamic Group (from 1993)
Minor involvement:
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (alleged) [93] [94] [95]
Flag of Iran.svg Iran (alleged) [93] [94] [95]
Egyptian Islamic Jihad (until 1995) [96]

Flag of Jihad.svg Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (from 1998)
Minor involvement:
Flag of al-Qaeda.svg Al-Qaeda [93]

Algerian Government Victory Mohamed Tantawi NoneNone
War on terror
(2001present)



(note: most contributing nations are included in the international operations)

Flag of Taliban.svg Afghan Taliban (until 2021)
Flag of Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg Pakistani Taliban
Former groups:
Ongoing
  • Ongoing conflict
??
Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon (2011– 2017)Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
Pro-Assad militant groups:
Other militias:
Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg Syrian militant forces:Flag of the Future Movement.svg Future Movement [148]
Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Qaeda and allies:
Islamic State flag.svg Islamic State   White flag icon.svg [158]

(from 2013)

Lebanese victory
  • The Lebanese Army and Hezbollah expelled IS militants as well as fighters of Al-Qaeda and its allies from Lebanon entirely in 2017 and reestablished control across all Lebanese territory. [160] [161]
2011 Egyptian revolution
(2011)
Flag of Egypt.svg Pro-Government: Flag of Egypt.svg Flag of Jihad.svgOpposition Groups:Pro-Government Victory* During revolution: 846 [172] [173]
First Libyan civil war (2011)

Minor border clashes:

Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia

Supported by:

Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt [182] [183]

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libyan opposition/NATO victory Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ??
Sinai Insurgency
(20112023)
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Islamic State flag.svg Islamic State Ongoing
  • Ongoing Conflict
3,277 killed (2013-2022)
12,280 Injured (2013–2022) [185]
1,539+ Egyptian, [186] [187] 219 Russians, 4 Ukrainians, 1 Belarusian, [188] 3 South Koreans, [189] 3 Vietnamese, 2 Germans, [190] 1 Croatian [191]
2013 Egyptian coup d'état
(2013)
Flag of Egypt.svg Egyptian Government

Flag of the Muslim Brotherhood.png Muslim Brotherhood


Flag of Egypt.svg Pro-Morsi protesters


Supported by:
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan

Flag of the Army of Egypt.svg Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Victory

President Mohamed Morsi deposed by the Egyptian army

Mohamed Morsi Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 1,150+ [193] [194]
Second Libyan Civil War
(20152020)
Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Flag of Libya.svg GNC
Flag of Jihad.svg Shura Council
Islamic State flag.svg Islamic State
House of Representatives Victory(limited involvement) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Sedki Sobhi None21
Intervention In Yemen
(2015)
Flag of Yemen.svg Hadi government
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Yemen.svg Revolutionary Council Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government.
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen.
NoneNone

Notes and references

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Only in 1821
  2. 1 2 3 From 1821–1823.
  3. From 1821.
  4. 1 2 3 From 1826.
  5. Haiti was the first nation to recognize the independence of Greece.
  6. 1 2 From 1854
  7. From 1855
  8. Until 1854
  9. The Russian Empire during 1914–1917, the Russian Republic during 1917. The Bolshevik government signed a separate peace with the Central Powers shortly after their armed seizure of power, resulting in a Central Powers victory on the Eastern Front of the war, and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's defeat. However, this peace treaty was nullified by an Allied Powers victory on the Western Front, and the end of the war.
  10. 1 2 After 22 September 1948
  11. Lebanon had decided to not participate in the war and only took part in the battle of al-Malikiya on 5–6 June 1948. [41]

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  3. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. p. 144.
  4. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians. p. 100.
  5. Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. p. 107.
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