List of wars involving Egypt explained

This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states.

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Egypt, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result

Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100-2890 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsMonarchEgyptian
losses
Unification of Upper and Lower EgyptUpper EgyptLower EgyptUpper Egypt victory Narmer?
First Dynasty of EgyptVictoryHor-Aha?
Egypto-Nubian conflict (c. 3100 - 3000 BC)First Dynasty of EgyptA-Group culture (Nubia)Victory
  • A-Group culture destroyed by the pharaohs of Egypt.[1]
  • Lower Nubia was not inhabited for centuries afterwards.
Djer or Djet[2] ?
War of successionSneferkainconclusive Hotepsekhemwy?
Khasekhemwyfollowers of the god Horus followers of the god SetPharaoh victory
  • Lower and upper Egypt reunited
Khasekhemwy?

Old Kingdom (c. 2686-2181 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsMonarchEgyptian
losses
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia and Libya (c. 2600 BC)[3] [4] [5] Fourth Dynasty of EgyptNubians, LibyansVictory
  • Thousands of cattle and prisoners taken as spoils
Sneferu?
Sixth Dynasty of EgyptNubians,Bedouins,CanaanitesVictory
  • a booty of men and goods was brought back to Egypt for presentation to the pharaoh
Pepi I Meryre?

Middle Kingdom Period (c. 2055-1650 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsMonarchEgyptian
losses
Reunification of EgyptEleventh Dynasty of Egypt (Thebes)Tenth Dynasty of Egypt (Heracleopolis)Theban victory
  • end of the First Intermediate Period
Mentuhotep II?
Eleventh Dynasty of EgyptNubiaVictory
  • End of Nubian independence
?
Expedition to PuntEleventh dynasty of EgyptLand of PuntVictory
  • the region cleared of rebels
  • dug 12 wells for future expeditions
  • returned from Punt with many goods
Mentuhotep III?
Egyptian Campaign in Lower Nubia (c. 1953 BC)[6] Twelfth Dynasty of EgyptVarious peoples in Lower Nubia.Victory
  • Nubians defeated and Egyptian colonisation of Lower Nubia.
Senusret I?
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia (c. 1870–1859 BC)[7] Twelfth Dynasty of EgyptVarious Nubian peoplesVictory
  • Nubians defeated and Egyptian expansion into Nubia.[8]
Senusret III?
Egyptian Campaign in Canaan (Between c. 1880 and c. 1840 BC)Twelfth Dynasty of EgyptShechem
Retjenu
Victory
  • Both Shechem and Retjenu defeated by Egypt.[9]
Senusret III?

New Kingdom Period (c. 1550-1077 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsMonarchEgyptian
losses
Egyptian compaigns in the Levant and SyriaEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptAsiaticsVictory
  • Hundreds of cities destroyed
Ahmose I?
Egyptian campaign in NubiaEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptNubians Victory
  • Nubian king killed by Thutmose I and hung from the prow of his ship
  • permanently extending the Egyptian military presence in Nubia
Thutmose I?
Egyptian campaign in the Levant and SyriaEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptCanaanitesNaharinVictory
  • Syrian princes declared allegiance to Thutmose
  • As many as 20 sites in the Levant suffered destruction
  • First time Egyptians ever crossed the Euphrates River
?
Rebellions in NubiaEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptVictory
  • Nubian independence ended for 500 years
  • Nubia did not dare revolt as often as it had and was easily controlled by future Egyptian kings
?
Nubian RebellionEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptVictory
  • revolt easily crushed
Thutmose II?
Egyptian conquest of CyprusEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptCyprusVictory
  • Egyptian rule of Cyprus
  • Inhabitants forced to pay tribute
Thutmose III?
Egyptian conquest of Punt [10] Eighteenth Dynasty of EgyptPuntVictory ?
Egyptian Campaign in the Levant (1458 - 1457 BC)Eighteenth Dynasty of EgyptCanaanites
Kadesh
Megiddo
Kingdom of Mitanni
Hurrians
Victory 4,000 at the Battle of Megiddo
Conquest of SyriaEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptAsiaticsVictory
  • Many cities in Syria,jordan,Lebanon and Canaan taken
?
Egyptian attack on MitanniEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptMitanniVictory
  • Mitanni conquered with little resistance
  • Thutmose III went from city to city and pillaged them
?
Egyptian campaign in NubiaEighteenth Dynasty of EgyptNubiaVictory
  • Expansion of the Egyptian empire
?
Egyptian-Hittite conflictNineteenth Dynasty of EgyptHittitesinconclusive[12] Seti I, Ramses II?
Sea Peoples' invasion of EgyptTwentieth Dynasty of EgyptSea PeoplesVictory
  • Egyptians defeat the Sea Peoples in two land and sea battles
  • invasion repelled
Ramses III?

Late Period (c. 664-332 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsMonarchEgyptian
losses
Psamtik Ikingdom of Lydiakinglets of the DodecarchyLibyan tribes Neo-Assyrian EmpireVictory
  • in 654 BCE, Psamtik I was firmly in control of all Egypt
  • Fall of Ashdod
  • The capture of Ashdod may have effectively reflected part of the transfer of power from the crumbling Assyrian Empire to the new Egyptian 26th Dynasty
Psamtik I?
Egyptian campaign against the Kingdom of JudahTwenty-sixth Dynasty of EgyptKingdom of JudahVictory
  • Subjugation of Judah by the twenty sixth dynasty.[13]
Necho IIUndetermined, but low
Egyptian Babylonian warNeo-Babylonian Empire,Persians,Scythians,MedesVictory
  • egyptian capture of Kummuh and Gaza
?
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of EgyptCyprusVictory
  • Egyptian control over Cyprus
Amasis II?

Ptolemaic Kingdom (310-30 BC)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsMonarchEgyptian
losses
First Syrian War (274 - 271 BC)Ptolemaic KingdomSeleucid EmpireVictory Ptolemy II Philadelphus?
Chremonidean War (267 - 261 BC)Athens
Sparta
Ptolemaic Kingdom
MacedoniaDefeat
  • Macedonian victory. Antigonid control over the city-states of Greece.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus?
Second Syrian War (274 - 271 BC)Ptolemaic KingdomSeleucid Empire
Macedonia
Stalemate Ptolemy II Philadelphus?
Third Syrian War (246 - 241 BC)Ptolemaic KingdomSeleucid EmpireStalemate
  • Loss of Cyclades to Seleucid Empire.
  • Ptolemaic kingdom awarded new territories in Syria, including Seleucia Pieria.
Ptolemy III Euergetes?
Fourth Syrian War (219 - 217 BC)Ptolemaic KingdomSeleucid EmpireVictory Ptolemy IV Philopator2,200 at the Battle of Raphia
Upper Egyptian Revolt (204–196 BC)Ptolemaic KingdomHugronaphor AnkhmakisPtolemaic victory
  • The rebel leaders were taken to Memphis and publicly executed on 26 March 196 BC
Ptolemy V Epiphanes?
Fifth Syrian War (202 - 195 BC)Ptolemaic KingdomSeleucid Empire
Macedonia
Defeat Ptolemy V Epiphanes?
Sixth Syrian War (170 - 168 BC)Ptolemaic Kingdom
Roman Republic (168 BC)
Seleucid EmpireVictory Ptolemy VIII Physcon?
War of Actium (32 - 30 BC)Rome supporting Mark Antony
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Rome supporting OctavianDefeat Cleopatra VII?

Roman Egypt (30 BC – 641 AD)

!Conflict!Combatant 1!Combatant 2!Results!Monarch!Egyptian losses
Gaius Cornelius GallusRebels in ThebesRoman victory
  • Upper Egypt was brought under Roman control by force of arms
  • Cornelius established a protectorate over the southern frontier district
Augustus?
Conquest of Arabia Petraea and Arabia FelixGaius Aelius GallusNabataeans, Sabaeans[14] Defeat
  • The campaign was successful in the beginning before the Roman army reached Arabia Felix
?
Roman Campaign into the kingdom of kushGaius PetroniusKingdom of KushVictory
  • After the initial victories of Kandake Amanirenas against Roman Egypt, the Kushites of northern Nubia were defeated and Napata sacked [15]
  • Kushites send ambassadors to negotiate a peace treaty between Rome and the kingdom of kush
?
Siege of JerusalemTiberius Julius AlexanderZealots,Sadducees,PhariseesIdumaeansVictory
  • Roman rule of Jerusalem restored
Titus?
Diaspora RevoltMarcus Rutilius LupusJewsRoman victory Trajan?

Ikhshidid Emirate (935–969)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsMonarchEgyptian
losses
Ikhshidid-Makurian conflict Ikhshidid EmirateMakuriaIkhshidid Victory Kafur al-Ikhshidi?
Ikhshidid dynastyFatimid CaliphateDefeat
  • Capitulation of Fustat and Egypt
  • Foundation of Cairo and move of the Fatimid Caliphate's seat from Ifriqiya to Egypt
  • Beginning of Fatimid expansion into the Levant and the Hejaz
Emir Abu'l-Fawaris
Ahmad ibn Ali
Ja'far ibn al-Furat
Nihrir al-Shuwayzan
?

Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1250)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsSultanEgyptian
losses
Third Crusade(1189 - 1192)Ayyubid SultanateSultanate of Rum Angevin Empire Kingdom of France

Holy Roman Empire

Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Jerusalem

Republic of Genoa

Republic of Pisa

Stalemate
  • Treaty of Jaffa
  • Crusader military Victory, resulting in a three-year truce. Acre, Philomelion, Iconium, Arsuf, and Jaffa all Crusader military victories.
  • Recognition of the territorial status quo at the end of active campaigning, including continued Muslim control of Jerusalem and the restoration of the Levantine to the Crusader States Crusader States.
  • The safety of both Christian and Muslim unarmed pilgrims guaranteed throughout the Levant.
  • The Crusader Captures Cyprus and the Kingdom of Cyprus is established
  • The Levantine coast from Tyre to Jaffa returned to Crusader control
  • The Crusaders recapture Tiberias and some inland territories from the Muslims
Saladin?
Crusade of 1197(1197 - 1198)Ayyubid Sultanate Holy Roman EmpireDefeat Al-Aziz Uthman?
Fifth Crusade

(1217–1221)

Ayyubid Sultanate Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Sicily

Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of France

Papal states

Kingdom of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Cyprus

Latin Empire

Knights Templar

Teutonic Order

Knights Hospitaller

Sultanate of Rum

Victory
  • Eight-year truce between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders
Al-Kamil?
Sixth Crusade(1228–1229)Ayyubid Sultanate Holy Roman Empire Teutonic Order

Kingdom of Sicily

StalemateDiplomatic Crusader victory Al-Kamil?
Baron's Crusade

(1239–1241)

Ayyubid Sultanate Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar

Teutonic Order

Knights Hospitaller

Defeat As-Salih Ayyub?

Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsSultanEgyptian
losses
Seventh Crusade
(1248 - 1254)
Ayyubid Sultanate
Mamluk Sultanate
Kingdom of France
Knights Templar
Victory
  • Fall of the Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt.
Aybak?
Mongol invasions of the Levant
(1260 - 1323)
Mamluk Sultanate
Ayyubid Sultanate
Golden Horde
Ilkhanate
Armenian Cicilia
Kingdom of Georgia
Sultanate of Rum
Principality of Antioch
County of Tripoli
Golden Horde
Kingdom of England
Knights Templar
Victory
  • Treaty of Aleppo
Qutuz?
Ninth Crusade
(1271 - 1272)
Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
Cicilian Armenia
Kingdom of Cyprus
Kingdom of Jerusalem
County of Tripoli
Ilkhanate
Victory
  • Ten-year truce between warring sides.
Baibars?
Alexandrian Crusade
(1365)
Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of Cyprus
Knights Hospitaller
Republic of Venice
Defeat
  • Alexandria sacked.
Al-Ashraf Sha'ban?
Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus
(1424 - 1426)
Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of CyprusVictory
  • Cyprus becomes a tributary state
Barsbay?
Ottoman–Mamluk War
(1485 - 1491)
Mamluk Sultanate Ottoman EmpireVictory
  • Ottoman incursions into Cilicia halted.
Qaitbay?
Mamluk-Portuguese War
(1505 - 1517)
Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of PortugalDefeat
  • Ended with the fall of the Mamluk Sultanate.
Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri?
Mamluk-Tahirid war(1515–1517)Mamluk SultanateTahirid SultanateVictory
  • The entire Tahirid realm fell under the Mamluks with the exception of Aden
  • Mamluk fleet sets up a tributary regime in Zabid
?
Ottoman–Mamluk War
(1516 - 1517)
Mamluk Sultanate Ottoman EmpireDefeat
  • Fall of the Mamluk Sultanate.
?

Ottoman Eyalet of Egypt and Khedivate of Egypt (1803–1914)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsHead of StateEgyptian
losses
Fraser Expedition
(1807)
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Egypt British EmpireVictory Muhammad Ali of Egypt?
Egyptian–Saudi War
(1811 - 1818)
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Egypt Emirate of DiriyahVictory
  • Execution of Abdullah bin Saud.
8,000 casualties[16]
Egyptian conquest of Sudan(1820 - 1824) Ottoman Egypt Funj SudanVictory
  • Invasion of Egypt into Sudan adding it to Egypt Eyalet.
?
Greek War of Independence
(1821 - 1829)
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Egypt Kingdom of GreeceDefeat over 8,000[17]
First Egyptian–Ottoman War
(1831 - 1833)
Ottoman Egypt Ottoman EmpireVictory 792[18]
Ottoman-Ethiopian border conflicts
(1832 - 1848)
Ottoman EgyptInconclusive?
Expedition to Najd (1836)
(1836)
Ottoman Egypt Emirate of NajdVictory
  • Egyptian influence in the Middle East until 1840.
?
1838 Druze revolt
(1838)
Egypt Eyalet Druze clansVictory
  • Peace agreement signed
  • Egyptian rule restored
  • Druze exempted from conscriptions
~400[19]
Second Egyptian–Ottoman War
(1839 - 1841)
Ottoman Egypt Ottoman Empire
British Empire
Defeat
  • Egypt renounced its claim to Syria.
1,100+
Crimean War
(1853 - 1856)
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Egypt
French Empire
British Empire
Russian EmpireVictory Abbas I of Egypt?
Cretan revolt
(1866 - 1869)
Ottoman Empire Khedivate of Egypt Cretan revolutionaries
Kingdom of Greece
VictoryIsma'il Pasha1,333
Ethiopian–Egyptian War
(1874 - 1876)
Khedivate of Egypt Ethiopian EmpireDefeat
  • Egyptian invasion of Ethiopia repelled
13,000+[20]
Egyptian invasion of the Eastern Horn of Africa (1874–1885) Khedivate of EgyptSultanate of AussaAfran QalloVictory
  • Occupation of Hararghe and western Somaliland
  • Establishment of the Khedivate's Somali Coast
  • Emirate of Harar occupied by Egypt, with northern regions (such as Afar) split off
?
Serbian–Turkish Wars
(1876 - 1878)

(from 1877)
Defeat
  • Serbia gains independence from the Ottomans
?
Russo-Turkish War
(1877 - 1878)
Defeat ?
‘Urabi Revolt
(1879 - 1882)
Tewfik Pasha Forces
British Empire
Ahmed ‘Urabi ForcesDefeat of ‘Urabi Tewfik of Egypt2,250[21]
Mahdist War
(1881 - 1899)
Ottoman Khedivate of Egypt (British Occupation)
British Empire
Italian Empire

Ethiopia
Mahdist SudanVictory 13,102[22] [23] [24]

Sultanate of Egypt (British Protectorate) (1914–1922)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsHead of StateEgyptian
losses
World War I
(1914 - 1918)

British Empire












Hejaz

Armenia
Nejd and Hasa
Siam

German Empire


Bulgaria

Senusiyya

Victory Hussein Kamel14,763+
Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition
(1916)
Sultanate of DarfurVictory
  • Darfur becomes a province of Sudan
5
Egyptian Revolution
(1919)
British Empire Diplomatic Revolutionary Victory Fuad I800

Kingdom of Egypt (1919–1953)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsHead of StateEgyptian
losses
World War II
(1939 - 1945)

United States
United Kingdom

France
Poland


Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway

Canada
Australia
Kingdom of Egypt
New Zealand


Philippines
Ethiopia
Brazil
Mexico
Mongolia








Finland

Thailand
Victory Farouk I1,125[25]
Abdeen Palace incident
(1942)
Kingdom of Egypt United KingdomDefeat
First Arab–Israeli War
(1948 - 1949)
Kingdom of Egypt
Kingdom of Iraq
Holy War Army
Emirate of Transjordan
Republic of Syria

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kingdom of North Yemen
Republic of Lebanon
Arab Liberation Army

Defeat 1,161-
2,000[26]
Egyptian Revolution
(1952)
Kingdom of Egypt Free OfficersFree Officers' Victory 2

United Arab Republic (1958–1971)

ConflictEgypt
and allies
OpponentsResultsHead of StateMinister of
Defense
Egyptian
losses
MilitaryCivilians
North Yemen Civil War
(1962 - 1967)

United Arab Republic

Stalemate Gamal Abdel NasserAbdel Wahab el-Beshry26,000 dead[31] None
Sand War
(1963)

United Arab Republic
Stalemate
  • The closing of the border south of Figuig
UnknownNone
Six-Day War
(1967)
United Arab Republic

Jordan
Iraq
Defeat Shams Badran9,800–15,000 killed or missing[32] [33] Unknown
War of Attrition
(1967 - 1970)
United Arab Republic
Soviet Union
PLO
Jordan
Both sides claimed victory Mohamed Fawzi2,882[34] –10,000[35]
Nigerian Civil War
(1967 - 1970)

United Arab Republic
Victory (Limited Involvement)
  • Reincorporation of Biafra into Nigeria.
UnknownNone

Arab Republic of Egypt (1971–present)

ConflictEgypt
and allies
OpponentsResultsHead of StateMinister of
Defense
Egyptian
losses
MilitaryCivilians
Yom Kippur War
(1973)
Federation of Arab Republics

Iraq
Jordan

Morocco


[36] [37] <

-- Egypt, Syria, and Libya all had the same flag in 1972, see Flag of Syria (historical section) and and the current flag was introduced in 1980 -->Defeat[38] (Strategic Political Gains)[39] Anwar SadatAhmad Ismail Ali5,000[41] –15,000[42] deadUnknown
Shaba I
(1977)


Egypt
FNLCVictory
  • FNCL expelled from Katanga
Mohamed el-GamasyNoneNone
Egyptian–Libyan War
(1977)
Egypt LibyaCeasefire ~100Unknown
Egyptian conscripts riot
(1986)
Egyptian Army Central Security ForcesEgyptian Army Victory
  • Riot suppressed
  • Mubarak regime promised to overhaul the force by raising its entry standards, increasing payment and bettering living conditions in their camps
Hosni MubarakAbd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala 107[43] None
Gulf War
(1990 - 1991)

United States









IraqVictory
  • Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored
  • Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb11[44] [45] None
War on terror
(2001 - present)
------------(note: most contributing nations are included in the international operations) Afghan Taliban (until 2021)
Pakistani Taliban----
Ongoing
  • Ongoing conflict
Mohamed Tantawi??
2011 Egyptian revolution
(2011)
Pro-Government: Opposition Groups: Pro-Government Victory
Sinai Insurgency
(2011 - 2023)


United Arab Emirates
Islamic StateOngoing
  • Ongoing Conflict
Mohamed Tantawi3,277 killed (2013-2022)
12,280 Injured (2013–2022)[59]
1,539+ Egyptian,[60] [61] 219 Russians, 4 Ukrainians, 1 Belarusian,[62] 3 South Koreans,[63] 3 Vietnamese, 2 Germans,[64] 1 Croatian[65]
2013 Egyptian coup d'état
(2013)
Egyptian Government
Muslim Brotherhood

---- Pro-Morsi protesters----Supported by:


Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Supreme Council of the Armed Forces VictoryPresident Mohamed Morsi deposed by the Egyptian army
  • Constitution suspended, and a transitional roadmap declared
  • Adly Mansour becomes interim president
  • Arrests and detention of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members, including Morsi
  • Closure of perceived pro-Muslim Brotherhood media outlets
  • Dissolution of Shura Council[66]
  • Escalation of militant attacks in the Sinai Peninsula
  • Increasing unrest and instability in response to coup
  • Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood figures jailed on various charges
  • Crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood
  • Mohamed Morsi dies during his court trial on 17 June 2019
Mohamed MorsiAbdel Fattah al-Sisi1,150+[67] [68]
Second Libyan Civil War
(2015 - 2020)


GNC
Shura Council
Islamic State
Victory (limited involvement)
  • Egyptian military intervention
Abdel Fattah el-SisiSedki SobhiNone21
Intervention In Yemen
(2015 -)
Hadi government
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Senegal
Sudan
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Jordan
Morocco
Egypt
France
Revolutionary Council Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government.
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen.
NoneNone

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