Battle of Jacob's Ford

When

30 Aug 1179 – 6 Sep 1179

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

33.00° N, 35.63° E

Description

battle between the Muslim sultan Saladin and the Christian King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV, that occurred in August 1179

Component of the Crusades (1179)

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.

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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 “Siege of Jacob's Ford: Muslim forces led by Saladin conquer and destroy the unfinished Castle of Chastellet at Jacob's Ford”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Ayyubiden unter Saladin besiegen das Königreich Jerusalem und den Templerorden in der Schlacht an der Jakobsfurt vernichtend”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le royaume de Jérusalem perd la place forte du Gué de Jacob au profit de Saladin, qui fait détruire la citadelle en cours de construction”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва у брода Иакова”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ヤコブの浅瀬の戦い - ボードゥアン4世、サラディンによってシャステレ城の建設を防がれる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page