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This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states.
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
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Pharaoh | Egyptian losses |
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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 |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Pharaoh | Egyptian 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. 3100–3000 BC) | First Dynasty of Egypt | A-Group culture (Nubia) | Victory | 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
| Khasekhemwy | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Pharaoh | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egyptian campaigns in Sinai | Third Dynasty of Egypt | Sinai inhabitants | Victory
| Djoser | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia and Libya (c. 2600 BC) [3] [4] [5] | Fourth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians | Victory
| Sneferu | ? |
Egyptian campaign in Nubia,Sinai and southern Canaan | Sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians | Victory
| Pepi I Meryre | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Pharaoh | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Theban-Hieraconopolis Struggle | Heracleopolis | Thebes Koptos Dendera | Theban Victory
| Mentuhotep I Intef I | ? |
Sack of Thinis | Ninth Dynasty of Egypt | Thinis | Thinis Sacked | Nebkaure Khety | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Pharaoh | Egyptian 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
| Mentuhotep II | ? |
Expedition to Punt | Eleventh dynasty of Egypt | Land of Punt | Victory
| Mentuhotep III | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Lower Nubia (c. 1953 BC) [6] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various peoples in Lower Nubia. | Victory
| Senusret I | ? |
Destruction of Iuai and Iasy | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Inhabitants of Iuai and Iasy | Victory
| Amenemhat II | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia (c. 1870–1859 BC) [7] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various Nubian peoples | Victory
| Senusret III | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Canaan (Between c. 1880 and c. 1840 BC) | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Shechem Retjenu | Victory
| Senusret III | ? |
Expedition to Nubia | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians | Victory | Amenemhat III | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Pharaoh | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exile to southern Egypt | Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Victory for the Fourteenth Dynasty of egypt
| Yakbim Sekhaenre | ? |
Uprising of the 16th Dynasty | Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Defeat
| 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
| Seqenenre Tao, Kamose, Ahmose I | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Pharaoh | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Achaemenid expedition to siwa | Egyptian rebels | ![]() | Victory
| Petubastis III | ? |
Petubastis III revolt | Egyptian rebels | ![]() | Defeat
| Petubastis III | ? |
Psammetichus IV revolt | Egyptian rebels | ![]() | Victory | Psammetichus IV | ? |
Wars of the Delian League | Egyptian rebels | ![]() | Inconclusive
| Inaros II | ? |
Inaros II revolt | Egyptian rebels | ![]() | Victory | Inaros II | Undetermined, but low |
Battle of Mendesium | Egyptian rebels | ![]() | Defeat
| Inaros II | ? |
Amyrtaeus revolt | Egyptian rebels | ![]() | Victory | Amyrtaeus | ? |
Invasion of Asia Minor (396–394 BC) | Egypt | ![]() | Victory | Nepherites I | ? |
Persian attack on Egypt (385 BCE) | Egypt | ![]() | Victory | Hakor | Undetermined, but low |
Achaemenid invasion of Egypt (374 BCE) | Egypt | ![]() Greek mercenaries Arabs | Victory
| Nectanebo I | ? |
Egyptian expedition into Palestine and Phoenicia | Egypt | ![]() | Victory
| Teos of Egypt | ? |
Nakhthorheb rebellion | Teos of Egypt | Nakhthorheb | Victory for Nakhthorheb and his father
| Teos of Egypt | ? |
Phoenician rebellion | Egypt Phoenician rebels | ![]() | Inconclusive | Nectanebo II | ? |
Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt | Egypt | ![]() | Defeat
| Nectanebo II | ? |
Wars of Alexander the Great | Macedonian Empire Hellenic League Egyptian rebels | ![]() Illyrians Thracians Polis Bactria Sogdia Uxiians Pauravas Aśvaka Guraens Mallians Oxydracians Amvastha | Victory
| Alexander the Great | ~1 million |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Pharaoh/Emperor | Praefectus Aegypti | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjugation of upper Egypt | ![]() | Rebels in Thebes | Roman victory
| Augustus | Gaius Cornelius Gallus | ? |
Conquest of Arabia Petraea and Arabia Felix | ![]() | Nabataeans | Defeat
| Augustus | Gaius Aelius Gallus | ? |
Roman Campaign into the kingdom of kush | ![]() | Kingdom of Kush | Victory
| Augustus | Gaius Petronius | ? |
Siege of Jerusalem | ![]() | Jewish rebels | Victory
| Titus | Tiberius Julius Alexander | ? |
Diaspora Revolt | ![]() Local populations | Roman Jews rebels Judaea | Roman victory
| Trajan | Marcus Rutilius Lupus | ? |
Bucolic War | ![]() | Isidorus | Roman victory
| 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
| 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) | ![]() | Palmyrene Empire Blemmyes | Defeat
| Claudius II Gothicus | Tenagino Probus | ? |
Aurelian’s reconquest of Egypt (272 CE) | ![]() | Palmyrene Empire | Victory
| Aurelian | Firmus | ? |
Revolt of Firmus | ![]() | Firmus | Victory | Aurelian | No clear Governor | ? |
Busiris–Coptos revolt (292–293 CE) | ![]() | Rebels at Busiris and Coptos | Revolt Suppressed | Diocletian | Galerius | ? |
Usurpation of Domitius Domitianus and Achilleus (297-298 CE) | ![]() | Domitius Domitianus Aurelius Achilleus | Revolt Suppressed | Diocletian | Galerius | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Basileus | Dux | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sasanian conquest of Egypt | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
| Phocas Heraclius | Nicetas | ? |
Muslim conquest of Egypt (639–642) | ![]() Kingdom of Makuria | Rashidun Caliphate | Defeat
| Heraclius | Cyrus of Alexandria Theodore | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Caliph | Wali | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Byzantine reconquest attempt of Egypt (645-646) | Rashidun Caliphate | ![]() | Victory | Uthman | Amr ibn al-As | ? |
Campaigns against Nubia | Rashidun Caliphate | Kingdom of Makuria | Peace treaty
| Umar Uthman | Amr ibn al-As Abdullah ibn Saad | ? |
Rebellion of the Egyptian delegation | Rashidun Caliphate | Egyptian rebels | Rebels Victory
| Uthman | Abdullah ibn Saad | ? |
First Fitna | Rashidun Caliphate | Mu'awiya's forces and Aisha's forces Kharijites | Hasan–Muawiya treaty
| Ali | Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Caliph | Wali | Egyptian 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
| Marwan II | Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr | ? |
Abbasid revolution | Abbasid Caliphate | Umayyad Caliphate | Abbasid victory
| Marwan II | Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Caliph | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tulunid loyalists rebblion | Abbasid Caliphate | Muhammad ibn Ali al-Khalanji | Loyalist victory
| Al-Mu'tadid | ? |
Fall of the Tulunid emirate | Abbasid Caliphate | Tulunid Emirate | Abbasid victory
| Al-khalanji | ? |
Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) | Abbasid Caliphate | Fatimid Caliphate | Stalemate
| Al-Muqtadir | 10,000 to 20,000 dead |
Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921) | Abbasid Caliphate | Fatimid Caliphate | Abbasid victory
| Al-Muqtadir | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | leader | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bashmurian revolt (720) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| Mina, son of Apacyrus | ? |
Bashmurian revolt (749) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| Mina, son of Apacyrus | ? |
Makurian invasion of southern Egypt | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| unknown | ? |
Bashmurian revolt (767) | ![]() Arab settlers | ![]() | Victory | unknown | ? |
Abbasid reconquest of Delta | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
| unknown | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Sultan | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ayyubid conquest of North Africa | Ayyubid dynasty | Almohad | Victory | Saladin | ? |
Almohad reconquest of Ifriqiya | Ayyubid dynasty | Almohad | Defeat
| Saladin | ? |
Ayyubid conquest of Yemen and Hejaz | Ayyubid dynasty | Arab tribes | Victory
| Saladin | ? |
Ayyubid conquest of Syria and Upper Mesopotamia | Ayyubid dynasty | Zengid Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar | Victory
| Saladin | ? |
Battle of Hattin | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
| Saladin | ? |
Third Crusade (1189–1192) | Stalemate
| Saladin | ? | ||
Crusade of 1197 (1197–1198) | Ayyubids | Indecisive
| Al-Aziz Uthman | ? | |
Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) | Muslim forces: | Crusaders: Levant: Military orders: | Victory
| 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 | Kingdom of Jerusalem French and Navarre crusaders English crusaders County of Habsburg | Defeat | As-Salih Ayyub | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Sultan | Egyptian losses |
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Seventh Crusade (1248–1254) | 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
| Aybak | ? |
Mongol invasions of the Levant (1260–1323) | Mamluk Sultanate Ayyubid remnants | Victory
| Qutuz | ? | |
Mamluk expeditions to the Levant and Anatolia (1265 – 1277) | Mamluk Sultanate | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Isma'ili Shia Assassins | Victory
| Baybars | ? |
Baybars's expedition to the Horn of Africa(1265–1276) | Mamluk Sultanate | Kingdom of Makuria | Victory
| Baybars | ? |
Fall of Outremer (1268–1302) |
| Victory
| Baibars Qalawun Khalil Al-Nasir Muhammad | ? | |
Ninth Crusade (1271–1272) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive | Baibars | ? | |
Alexandrian Crusade (1365) | Mamluk Sultanate | Defeat
| Al-Ashraf Sha'ban | ? | |
Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus (1424–1426) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| Barsbay | ? |
Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491) | ![]() Supported By: | ![]()
| Victory | Qaitbay | ? |
Mamluk-Portuguese War (1505–1517) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() Kingdom of Calicut ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri | ? |
Mamluk-Tahirid war (1515–1517) | Mamluk Sultanate | Tahirid Sultanate | Victory
| ? | |
Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
| ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Mamluk revolt | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| Ali Bey al-Kabir | ? |
Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| Ali Bey al-Kabir Abu al-Dhahab | ? |
Campaigns in levant | ![]() Emirate of Palestine | ![]() | Victory | Ali Bey al-Kabir Zahir al-Umar | ? |
Subjection the Hawwara | ![]() | Hawwara | Victory
| Ali Bey al-Kabir Abu al-Dhahab | ? |
Ottoman reconquest of Egypt | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
| Ali Bey al-Kabir | ? |
French invasion of Egypt and Syria | ![]()
| ![]() ![]() | Victory | Ibrahim bey | 50,000 killed and wounded |
Muhammad Ali's rise to power | ![]() | ![]() | Muhammad Ali victory
| Muhammad Ali of Egypt | 3,000 Turkish-Egyptian Mamluks |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fraser Expedition (1807) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory | Muhammad Ali of Egypt | ? |
Bedouin attack on Bilbeis | ![]() | Bedouins | Inconclusive
| 200 Fellahin | |
Expulsion of the Hawwara | ![]() | Hawwara Confederation | Victory
| ? | |
Egyptian–Saudi War (1811–1818) | Victory
| 8,000 casualties [25] | |||
Conquest of eastern Libya | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824) | ![]() | ![]() Shayqih Kingdom Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
| ? | |
Shendi and Sennar rebellion | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Ahmad Revolt | ![]() | Followers of Ahmad | Defeat
| ? | |
Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) | ![]() Supported by: | ![]() In detail: Military support:
Diplomatic support: | Defeat Independence of Greece
| over 8,000 [27] | |
First Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
| 3,392–3,792 | |
Syrian peasant revolt (1834–1835) | ![]() | ![]() Urban notables of: Nablus Jerusalem Hebron Safed | Victory
| ? | |
Peasants' revolt in Palestine | ![]() Abd al-Hadi clan of Arraba | Urban notables of Nablus, Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed In detail:
Supported by: | Victory
| Several thousand | |
Alawite revolt (1834–1835) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
1834 looting of Safed | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Ottoman-Ethiopian border conflicts (1832–1848) | Ottoman Empire | ![]() | Egyptian military Victory
| ? | |
Mek Nimir Rebellion | ![]() | ![]()
| Victory | ? | |
Battle of Debre Tabor | Loyalists to Ali ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Expedition to Najd (1836) (1836) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
1838 Druze revolt (1838) | ![]()
| ![]() supported by:
| Victory
| ~400 [28] | |
Second Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) | ![]() | ![]() Allies: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
| 1,100+ | |
Crimean War (1853–1856) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
| Abbas I of Egypt | ? |
British expedition to Abyssinia | ![]()
| ![]() | Victory
| Isma'il Pasha | ? |
Cretan revolt (1866–1869) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | Victory
| 1,333 | ||
Conquest of Darfur (1873–1874) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Egyptian invasion of Bogos | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Ethiopian invasion of Eastern Sudan | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Ethiopian–Egyptian War (1874–1876) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
| 13,000+ [29] | |
Kassala rebellion | ![]() | Sudanese slave soldiers | Victory
| ? | |
Invasion of Juba | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Expansion through lake victoria | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Invasion of the equatoria | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() Bande tribe Mangbetu tribe Sultanate of Bagirmi Murle people other Bantu tribes | Victory
| ? | |
Egyptian invasion of the Eastern Horn of Africa (1874–1885) | ![]() | Oromo Emirate of Harar ![]() | Victory
| ? | |
Serbian–Turkish Wars (1876–1878) | Defeat
| ? | |||
‘Urabi Revolt (1879–1882) |
![]() | ![]() | Defeat of ‘Urabi
| Tewfik of Egypt | 2,250 [31] |
Mahdist War (1881–1899) | ![]() | Victory
| 13,102 [37] [38] : 30, 33 |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Egyptian losses | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
World War I (1914–1918) | Allied Powers:
| Central Powers:
| Victory
| Hussein Kamel | 14,763+ | |
Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition (1916) |
| Victory
| 5 | |||
Egyptian Revolution (1918-1919) | ![]() | ![]() | Wafd Victory
| Fuad I | 800 | |
Conflict | Egypt and allies | Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense | Egyptian losses | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Military | Civilians | ||||||
Jebel Akhdar War (1954–1959) | Imamate of Oman Supported by: ![]() ![]() | Sultanate of Muscat ![]() | Defeat (Limited involvement)
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Abdel Hakim Amer | None | None |
Suez Crisis (1956) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
| 1,650– 3,000 | ~1,000 | ||
Syrian Crisis of 1957 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
| None | None |
Conflict | Egypt and allies | Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense | Egyptian losses | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Military | Civilians | ||||||
Lebanon crisis (1958) | Najjadeh Party Progressive Socialist Party Lebanese Communist Party Al-Mourabitoun Supported by: ![]() | Lebanese Armed Forces Kataeb Party Syrian Social Nationalist Party ARF Supported by: ![]() | Inconclusive
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Abdel Hakim Amer | None | None |
Mosul uprising 1959 | ![]()
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| Defeat (Limited involvement) | None | None | ||
Syrian coup d'état (1961) | ![]() | Coup successful
| None | None | |||
North Yemen Civil War (1962–1967) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stalemate
| Abdel Wahab el-Beshry | 26,000 dead [56] | None | |
Sand War (1963) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Stalemate
| Unknown | None | ||
Aden Emergency (1963–1967) | NLF FLOSY Supported by: | ![]() Federation of South Arabia Protectorate of South Arabia | Strategic Victory | 300 Dead | Minimal to none | ||
Ethiopian–Somali Border War | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | Stalemate | Minimal to none | Minimal to none | ||
Six-Day War (1967) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Minor involvement: ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
| Shams Badran | 9,800–15,000 killed or missing [64] [65] | Unknown | |
War of Attrition (1967–1970) | ![]() | Inconclusive | Mohamed Fawzi | 2,882 [68] –10,000 [69] | |||
Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory(Limited Involvement) | Unknown | None |
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