Siege of Tyre

When

19 Nov 1187 – 8 Jan 1188

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

33.27° N, 35.20° E

Description

siege of 1187

By the Ayyubids under Saladin

The siege of Tyre took place from 12 November 1187 to 1 January 1188. An Ayyubid army commanded by Saladin made an amphibious assault on the city, defended by Conrad of Montferrat. After two months of continuous struggle, Saladin dismissed his army and retreated to Acre.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Spring – Siege of Tyre: Muslim forces under Saladin withdraw from Tyre after a 1½-month siege”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung von Tyros beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Saladin met le siège devant Tyr défendue par Conrad de Montferrat”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “12 ноября 1187—1 января 1188 — осада Тира находившегося в руках крестоносцев, армией Салах ад-Дина”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “بدء حصار صور والذي استمر إلى 1 يناير 1188”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page