Arms and Armour

Battle of Al-Qahira (1569)

The Battle of Al-Qahira (April 29, 1569) was a military engagement between Ottoman forces under Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha and Koca Sinan Pasha and Yemeni forces under Al-Mutahhar, fought during the Ottoman campaign to reassert control over Yemen. The battle centered on the Al-Qahira fortress, a strategically important mountaintop fortification near Taiz. The engagement resulted in an Ottoman victory following the timely arrival of Sinan Pasha's reinforcements, after which Al-Mutahhar retreated to Sanaa and the fortress surrendered.

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