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Medieval era · 1138

Siege of Shaizar

The city of Shaizar was besieged from April 28 to May 21, 1138. The allied forces of the Byzantine Empire, Principality of Antioch and County of Edessa invaded Muslim Syria. Having been repulsed from their main objective, the city of Aleppo, the combined Christian armies took a number of fortified settlements by assault and finally besieged Shaizar, the capital of the Munqidhite Emirate.

Siege of Shaizar
Siege of Shaizar · Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1138
Where
Shaizar
Era
Medieval

Topics

Syria1,274 BCE – today

Before and after

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