✦ History

Part of French campaign in Egypt and Syria

Battle of Al Khankah

May 16, 1801 · Al Khankah

Result Ottoman victory

Ottoman and French forces fought near El Khanka, north of Cairo, in the last months of the French campaign in Egypt.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

France

Ottoman Empire
France
Muhammad Ali of Egypt military commander Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
9,500
Casualties
150
Strength
5,500
Casualties
350