The siege of Shaizar took place from April 28 to May 21, 1138. The allied forces of the Byzantine Empire, Principality of Antioch and County of Edessa... 15 KB (1,896 words) - 17:12, 12 November 2023 |
Shaizar or Shayzar (Arabic: شيزر; in modern Arabic Saijar; Hellenistic name: Larissa in Syria, Λάρισσα εν Συρία in Greek) is a town in northern Syria... 19 KB (2,295 words) - 12:55, 6 December 2023 |
Imad al-Din Zengi (redirect from House of Zengi) Muslim leaders. In April 1138 the armies of the Byzantine emperor and the Crusader princes laid siege to Shaizar, but they were turned back by Zengi's forces... 22 KB (2,645 words) - 18:41, 26 April 2024 |
hope of resisting and despaired even of life itself." In a similar situation, Thierry of Alsace participated in Baldwin III's siege of Shaizar in 1157... 29 KB (3,714 words) - 19:56, 1 April 2024 |
Crusades Siege of Shaizar (1138) – Crusades Siege of Buza'a (1138) – Crusades Siege of Coria (1138) – Reconquista Siege of Baalbek (1139) Siege of Oreja... 176 KB (20,001 words) - 15:24, 14 May 2024 |
atabeg of Aleppo, and the campaign ended with the unsuccessful Siege of Shaizar of 1138. Upon returning to Antioch, Joscelin II exploited local sentiment... 6 KB (644 words) - 19:00, 9 March 2024 |
Crusades (category Medieval history of the Middle East) Raymond of Poitiers to give homage. In April 1138, the Byzantines and Franks jointly besieged Aleppo and, with no success, began the Siege of Shaizar, abandoning... 133 KB (17,413 words) - 22:45, 12 May 2024 |
Usama ibn Munqidh (category Muslims of the Crusades) besieged the city. The emperor's siege of Shaizar was unsuccessful, but Shaizar was heavily damaged. After the siege, Usama left Zengi's service and went... 27 KB (3,750 words) - 17:14, 17 March 2024 |
The siege of Ma'arra occurred in late 1098 in the city of Ma'arrat Nu'man, in what is modern-day Syria, during the First Crusade. It is infamous for the... 18 KB (2,351 words) - 10:24, 18 April 2024 |
The siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098, on the crusaders' way to Jerusalem through Syria. Two sieges took place in... 49 KB (6,196 words) - 19:59, 9 May 2024 |
John II Komnenos (redirect from Campaigns of John I Komnenos) capturing Aleppo, Shaizar, Homs, and Hama. Latin and Muslim sources describe John's energy and personal courage in prosecuting the siege. The city was taken... 54 KB (7,123 words) - 11:55, 2 May 2024 |
The siege of Jerusalem marked the successful end of the First Crusade, whose objective was the recovery of the city of Jerusalem and the Church of the... 32 KB (3,913 words) - 01:29, 9 May 2024 |
Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty (redirect from Komnenian restoration of the Byzantine Empire) allies, Prince Raymond of Antioch and Count Joscelin II of Edessa, sat around playing dice while John pressed the Siege of Shaizar. These Crusader Princes... 51 KB (6,822 words) - 09:45, 30 April 2024 |
The siege of Kerak was conducted by the forces of Muslim Sultan Saladin against the Crusaders and the Christian King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem at the Kerak... 11 KB (1,083 words) - 16:40, 20 April 2024 |
The Franks failed in a siege of Shaizar but recovered the castle of Harim for the Principality of Antioch in the winter of 1157. This set the stage... 5 KB (610 words) - 15:33, 27 April 2024 |
The siege of Ascalon was launched by the Ayyubid sultan As-Salih Ayyub against the Hospitaller garrison of Ascalon, resulting in the Ayyubids taking control... 5 KB (462 words) - 07:54, 26 April 2024 |
importance of Aleppo and one of the objectives of their Syrian campaign was to create a Christian buffer state centred on Aleppo but also including Shaizar, Homs... 4 KB (402 words) - 13:54, 23 January 2024 |
Byzantine army (Komnenian era) (category Warfare of the Middle Ages) Komnenian sources. See Birkenmeier, p. 93 for John II's army at the Siege of Shaizar, which was organised in three divisions: 'Macedonians' (native Byzantines)... 96 KB (12,686 words) - 10:23, 4 May 2024 |
The siege of Mount Tabor was a military engagement between the Crusader armies of the Fifth Crusade and the Ayyubids. The combined Crusader armies laid... 7 KB (713 words) - 21:20, 7 May 2024 |