Back
العربية
Modern era · 1916

Battle of Mecca

The Battle of Mecca occurred in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in June and July 1916. On June 10, the Sharif of Mecca, Hussein bin Ali, the leader of the Banu Hashim clan, started a revolt against the Ottoman Caliphate from this city. The Battle of Mecca was part of the Arab Revolt of World War I.

Battle of Mecca
Battle of Mecca · the Matson Collection, 1910 (LOC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
10 Jun 1916 – 4 Jul 1916
Where
Mecca
Era
Modern

Topics

Saudi Arabia494 CE – today

Before and after

Battle of Malka Nidzhe1916Battle of Mojkovac1916Show on timeline

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Mecca (1916), CC BY-SA 4.0