Siege of Kerak

When

Nov 1183 – 11 Dec 1183

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

31.18° N, 35.70° E

Description

1183 siege of the Crusades

Siege of the Crusades

Kerak Castle, one of the most impregnable strongholds in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, underwent its first significant siege in late 1183. Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Damascus, besieged Kerak in early November 1183 after its lord, Raynald of Châtillon, conducted raids of Saladin's lands.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Siege of Kerak is waged between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders, in which regent Guy of Lusignan refuses to fight”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kerek Kuşatması gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Ayyubiden unter Sultan Saladin beginnen im Krieg mit dem Königreich Jerusalem mit der Belagerung von Karak”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Конец года — осада замка Керак состояла в безуспешной осаде армией сарацинов под командованием Салах ад-Дина крепости крестоносцев Керак”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار الكرك في الفترة ما بين نوفمبر و4 ديسمبر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page