What the records say
- When
- 7 May 1104
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.87° N, 39.03° E
- Description
- battle in 1104
Battle of Harran
Battle in 1104
The Battle of Harran took place on 7 May 1104 between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks. It was the first major battle against the newfound Crusader states in the aftermath of the First Crusade, marking a key turning point against Frankish expansion.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Harran: The Crusaders under Baldwin II are defeated by the Seljuk Turks”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Harran Muharebesi (Antakya Prensliği ve Urfa Kontluğu ile Selçuklu Hanedanı arasında yapılan savaş) gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Seldschukenheer aus Mosul und Mardin schlägt Kreuzfahrer aus Edessa und Antiochia in der Schlacht von Harran”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Turcs battent les croisés à la bataille de Harran”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “объединённое войско крестоносцев Эдессы и Антиохии потерпело поражение в битве при Харране”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة حران الثانية: بالدوين الأول يقع أسيرا لدى السلاجقة، وتانكرد يصبح وصيا على ملكه”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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