Siege of Karbala (1843)

Belligerents

Supported by:
Qajar IranCommanders and leadersNajib Pasha

Thamir ibn Sa'dun

Ibrahim al-Zafrani †Strength Unknown UnknownCasualties and losses 400 killed 4,000 – 6,000 killed ~ 15% of the city's civilan population massacred

The Siege of Karbala (1843) was a military confrontation between the Al-Muntafiq Emirate together with the local gangs of Karbala in Ottoman Iraq and the Ottoman Empire.