Medieval era · 1179
Siege of Jacob's Ford
The siege of Jacob's Ford was a victory of the Muslim Sultan Saladin over an unnamed Templar Castellan of Jacob's Ford. It occurred in August 1179, when Saladin conquered and destroyed Chastelet, a new border castle built by the Knights Templar at Jacob's Ford on the upper Jordan River, a historic passage point between the Golan Heights and north Galilee.
- When
- 1179
- Where
- Daughters of Jacob Bridge
- Era
- Medieval
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People
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