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Yunkish siege of Meereen

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The Yunkish siege of Meereen was the blockade that Yunkai and its allies from Slaver's Bay laid against the city ruled by Daenerys Targaryen, in answer to the queen's abolition of slavery there.

The slaving coalition wanted her overthrown and the city returned to its old order, and when Meereen tried to buy peace, the answer that came back from the Yunkish camp was a single word: war.

Formation of the Coalition

Daenerys's rule in Meereen, where she had abolished slavery and stripped the city's great families of their privileges, drew Yunkai's bitter hatred, and Yunkai answered with open war.

Yunkai sought support from other cities to bring her down and restore the old order to Slaver's Bay. New Ghis, Qarth and Volantis answered the call; Volantis brought a large fleet and several mercenary companies hired to counter the queen's Unsullied.

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Siege of Meereen

With the city surrounded, Yunkai and its allies laid siege to Meereen while Qarth blockaded the Skahazadhan, cutting off that route to the city.

Ser Barristan Selmy, who had taken charge of the city after removing Hizdahr zo Loraq from his consort's throne, tried negotiation first: he sent the Green Grace to the Yunkish camp with an offer of gold for the three hostages held there, Jhogo, Daario Naharis and the captain of the Unsullied. The answer she brought back was war.

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Who was there

No entry in the atlas: Daenerys Targaryen

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Forces and casualties

Conflictthe Targaryen campaign in Slaver’s Bay
Strength of one sideMeereen: :10,600 Unsullied (2,000 of them not yet given their helms) :500 Stormcrow riders :2,000 Windblown riders and soldiers :500 Second Sons riders :20 Dothraki riders :At least 300 pit fighters :3 companies of freedmen (10,000+ soldiers) :Elephants :A small company of archers Iron Fleet: 61 ships :~ 4,400 ironborn warriors :44 war longships and 17 captured merchant and fishing ships
Strength of the otherYunkai: :40 companies of slave soldiers :3,000 soldiers of the Company of the Cat :800 Long Lances riders New Ghis: :6 Iron Legions (36,000 legionaries) :100 armoured elephants Other allies: :Qartheen camel riders :Tolosi slingers :300 crossbowmen from Elyria Fleet: :~ 100 ships in the bay, including at least 10 Qartheen war galleys, several dozen from Yunkai and 9 slaver ships fled from Meereen :3 Qartheen war galleys, 3 from New Ghis and 1 Tolosi carrack on the river
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The facts marked “from the wiki” come from Batalla de Meereen · Facts consulted on 2026-07-30.

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Spanish wiki “Batalla de Meereen” (300 AC) · Spanish wiki “300 d.C.”
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Spanish wiki “300 d.C.”
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Spanish wiki “300 d.C.”
Canon
Not dramatised. The Yunkish siege is book plot. Mind the name: the Spanish wiki titles «Asedio de Meereen» what is in fact Daenerys’s CONQUEST of 299, which in this dataset is the taking of Meereen; and the HBO wiki has two entries of its own, «Siege of Meereen» (301 AC, S4) and «Second siege of Meereen» (303 AC, S6E9). 5x09 is the massacre in Daznak's Pit, not a siege

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