Siege of Al-Karak (1834)

1834 Siege of Al-Karak
	Part of Peasants' Revolt of 1834 (Palestine)
	; Kerak Castle
Location	Al-Karak, Transjordan31°10′50″N 35°42′05″E / 31.180556°N 35.701389°E
Result	Egyptian victory; Al-Karak and nearby towns looted; Qasim al-Ahmad captured; Execution and imprisonment of rebels;
Belligerents
Egypt Eyalet	Al-Karak inhabitants
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha ; Rashad Bey	Muhammad Majali
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Jordan

Siege of Al-Karak was a 17-day siege imposed by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt on the Transjordanian town of Al-Karak in 1834. The Pasha laid the siege on the town in pursuit of Qasim al-Ahmad, the leader of the Peasants' revolt in Palestine, who had fled from Nablus to take shelter in Al-Karak.^[1]

Egyptian troops looted the town and the countryside for five days, while Karak's famous fortifications were shelled with gunpowder and the town was reduced to ruins.^[2] The Karakis took vengeance upon the Pasha and his Egyptian army when Ibrahim Pasha was driven out of Syria, six years after the siege.^[2]

^ Rogan & Tell 1994, p. 27.
^ ^a ^b Rogan 2002, p. 31, 32.

[FOOTNOTERoganTell1994[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidlh1_ernmsnwCpgPA27lpgPA27_27]-1] Rogan & Tell 1994, p. 27.

[FOOTNOTERogan2002[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidAMAbXGQDmDYCpgPA31_31,_32]-2] Rogan 2002, p. 31, 32.

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