Liam Ridgewell grabbed an injury-time equaliser as Birmingham extended their unbeaten home record against Tottenham.
The defender volleyed in from close range in the 91st minute when Cameron Jerome's header across the box caused confusion in the Spurs defence.
The visitors took the lead in the 69th minute when Jermain Defoe latched on to Gareth Bale's strong left-wing cross to drive a right-foot shot past Joe Hart.
Striker Chucho Benitez spurned two good chances for the hosts in either half.
The point ensures Birmingham maintain their impressive home Premier League record - their last defeat at St Andrews came on 26 September - while Spurs see their advantage in fourth place cut to just one point following Liverpool's victory over Bolton.
Striker Jerome passed a late morning fitness test, allowing Birmingham boss Alex McLeish to name an unchanged starting line-up for the 11th successive match, with new £3m signing Craig Gardner propping up the bench.
With on-loan signing Eidur Gudjohnsen given time to settle into his new surroundings following his move from French club Monaco, Redknapp began with the starting XI that beat Fulham in midweek, although striker Roman Pavlyuchenko, the subject of a reported midweek £8m bid by Birmingham, was missing because of injury.
Despite ending their 15-match unbeaten run following their 3-0 defeat by Chelsea in midweek, much of Birmingham's excellent mid-season form has come from their obdurate defence.
However, the back four were left exposed when Luka Modric spurned a chance from 10 yards following a mistake from Lee Bowyer on the half-way line in the eighth minute.
With former Blue Wilson Palacios bossing midfield, allowing partner Tom Huddlestone to spread passes across the pitch, Tottenham began to dictate the early tempo.
But despite their advantage in possession, the visitors were undone by a long ball flicked on by Jerome for Chucho, who turned Michael Dawson before attempting to place his finish past Gomes, but instead firing meekly straight at the Brazilian.
The half-time interval gave Spurs time to reassess their tactics, with their most promising second-half moves originating on the right flank with the impressive Bentley, playing in only his fifth Premier League game of the season, causing left-back Ridgewell a plethora of problems.
The £15m signing from Blackburn forced Hart into a good save in the 49th minute before Modric bisected Birmingham's two centre-backs with a pinpoint pass into the path of Defoe, but his heavy first touch landed into the path of strike partner Peter Crouch, who struck a poor left-footed shot wide.
But the visitors took the lead in the 69th minute when Bale, making only his second successive league start of the season, drove powerfully towards the byeline and his cross was flicked on by a crouching Crouch on the edge of the six-yard box and into the path of Defoe, who hammered his finish past the diving right hand of Hart.
Chucho spurned another excellent chance when his shot was blocked by Dawson following a perfectly timed run latching onto substitute Jeff Fahey's pass.
But moments after the fourth official signalled five minutes of injury time, left-back Ridgewell lashed in Jerome's excellent header from close range.
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