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Siege of Chittor (1535)

The Siege of Chittor (1535), चित्तौड़ का जौहर, was Bahadur Shah of Gujarat's capture of Chittorgarh fort in Mewar, ending in Rani Karnavati's jauhar and the defenders' deaths.

Siege of Chittorgarh (1303): Alauddin Khilji's eight-month capture of Chittor fort from Guhila ruler Rawal Ratan Singh of Mewar, followed by a massacre of about 30,000 and a renaming to Khizrabad; the Padmini jauhar story is a later 1540 legend.

Siege of Chunar

The Siege of Chunar (चुनार का घेराबंदी) was Mughal emperor Humayun's attempt to take the fortress of Chunar from Sher Khan (Sher Shah Suri) in the 1530s.

Siege of Chyhyryn (1677–1678)

The sieges of Chyhyryn were two Ottoman assaults in 1677 and 1678 on the fortress town, then the capital of the Cossack Hetmanate in Right-Bank Ukraine.

Siege of Cirta (112 BC)

The siege of Cirta was Jugurtha's 112 BC capture of the Numidian capital, where he tortured his co-ruler Adherbal to death, starting the Jugurthine War.

Siege of Cirta (203 BC)

The Siege of Cirta in 203 BC was the capture of Syphax's Numidian capital by Masinissa and the Roman commander Gaius Laelius, ending with Syphax a prisoner.

Siege of Cochin (1663)

The Siege of Cochin (कोच्चि) was the Dutch East India Company's capture of Portuguese-held Cochin on India's Malabar coast, which fell on 7 January 1663.

Siege of Colonia del Sacramento (1680)

The 1680 siege of Colonia del Sacramento was the first Spanish capture of the Portuguese settlement on the Río de la Plata, taken by José de Garro's forces.

Siege of Constantine

The Siege of Constantine was the French capture of the cliff-top city of Constantine in eastern Algeria on 13 October 1837, a year after a failed first assault.

Siege of Constantinople (626)

The Siege of Constantinople (626), or محاصره قسطنطنیه, was a failed summer assault on the Byzantine capital by Avars, Slavs, and Bulgars coordinated with a Persian army under Shahrbaraz.

Siege of Constantinople (674–678)

The siege of Constantinople (674–678) was a five-year Umayyad Arab assault on the Byzantine capital under Constantine IV, broken in 678 by the Byzantine weapon Greek fire.

Siege of Constantinople (717–718)

Second Arab siege of Constantinople, 15 August 717 to 15 August 718: Umayyad forces under Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik blockaded the city by land and sea; Leo III's Greek fire, a brutal winter, famine, and Bulgar attacks destroyed the besiegers, ending Arab attempts on the city.

Siege of Ctesiphon

The Siege of Ctesiphon (فتح المدائن) was the capture of al-Mada'in, the Sasanian capital on the Tigris, by the Rashidun army under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas in March 637.

Siege of Cuautla

The Battle of Cuautla, or Siege of Cuautla, was a 72-day siege of 1812 during the Mexican War of Independence, from which insurgent leader Morelos escaped royalist forces.

Siege of Cusco

The Siege of Cusco (Sitio del Cusco) was the failed encirclement of the Spanish-held Inca capital by Manco Inca's army in 1536 and 1537, defended by Hernando Pizarro.

Siege of Da Nang

The Siege of Da Nang (1858 to 1860) was the opening campaign of the French conquest of Vietnam, where Nguyen defenses and disease forced the invaders to withdraw.

Siege of Damascus (1148)

The Siege of Damascus (حصار دمشق) was a failed Second Crusade attack on Damascus from 24 to 28 July 1148, ending the crusade's military purpose.

Siege of Damascus (841 BC)

The siege of Damascus in 841 BC was Shalmaneser III of Assyria's campaign against Hazael of Aram-Damascus, who was defeated in battle but not deposed.

Siege of Damietta (1169)

The Siege of Damietta (حصار دمياط) was a failed 1169 assault on the Egyptian port of Damietta by King Amalric of Jerusalem's Crusader and Byzantine army, defended by Saladin.

Siege of Danzig (1577)

The Siege of Danzig (1577) was the siege of the Baltic trading city of Danzig by Polish King Stephen Báthory from May to December 1577, after the city refused to recognize his election.

Siege of Dapur

The siege of Dapur was an attack by Ramesses II on a fortified town in north Syria in his regnal Year 8, after the Battle of Kadesh.

Siege of Daraa

Siege of Daraa: two Syrian government military sieges of Daraa city, April-May 2011 (Fourth Division, tanks, communications cut, hundreds killed) and the 2021 siege of Daraa al-Balad (77 days, 50,000 residents).

Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat

Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat al-Sham: Syrian government encirclement and starvation blockade of two Damascus suburbs, 2012–2016, ending with forced evacuation agreements to Idlib and government camps.

Siege of Daulatabad (1633)

The Siege of Daulatabad (دولت‌آباد کا محاصرہ) was the 1633 Mughal capture of Daulatabad fort, capital of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, a key step in consolidating Mughal power in the Deccan.

Siege of Delhi

The Siege of Delhi (दिल्ली की घेराबंदी) was the British storming and recapture of Delhi from mutinied Bengal army regiments during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

Siege of Diaoyu Fortress

The Siege of Diaoyu Fortress (钓鱼城之战), also called the Battle of Hezhou, was a 1259 Mongol siege of the Song fortress at Hechuan, near Chongqing, in which Great Khan Möngke died.

Siege of Diriyah

The Siege of Diriyah (حصار الدرعية) was the 1818 capture and demolition of Diriyah, capital of the First Saudi State, by an Egyptian-Ottoman army under Ibrahim Pasha, ending the state.

Siege of Diu (1538)

The Siege of Diu (دیو کا محاصرہ) was a failed 1538 attempt by a Gujarati army, supported by an Ottoman fleet, to retake Diu from its Portuguese garrison.

Siege of Djibo

The Siege of Djibo is the encirclement of Djibo, capital of Soum province in northern Burkina Faso, by jihadist groups led by JNIM since February 2022.