What the records say
- When
- 1167
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 31.20° N, 29.89° E
- Description
- 1167 siege
Siege of Alexandria (1167)
Siege in Egypt during the Crusades
The siege of Alexandria took place in summer 1167, during the third Crusader invasion of Egypt, when the Crusaders of the Kingdom of Jerusalem besieged the port city of Alexandria, nominally part of the Fatimid Caliphate but held by Saladin on behalf of his uncle, Shirkuh.
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