Battle of Marj Ayyun

When

10 Jun 1179

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

33.36° N, 35.59° E

Description

1179 battle between Egyptians and Crusaders

Battle in 1179

The Battle of Marj Ayyun was a military confrontation fought at Marj Ayyun near the Litani River in June 1179 between the Kingdom of Jerusalem under Baldwin IV and the Ayyubid armies under the leadership of Saladin. It ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims and is considered the first in the long series of Islamic victories under Saladin against the Christians.

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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 Marj Ayyun: A Crusader army (some 10,000 men) led by Baldwin IV is defeated by Muslim forces under Saladin near the Litani River (modern Lebanon)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Saladin sur les croisés à la bataille de Marj Ayoun”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Мардж-Уюне между отрядами Салах ад-Дина и Иерусалимского королевства”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “マルジュ・アユーンの戦い - サラディン率いるアイユーブ朝軍がエルサレム王ボードゥアン4世率いるエルサレム王国軍を破った。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page