Siege of Shaizar
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The city of Shaizar was besieged from April 28 to May 21, 1138. The allied forces of the Byzantine Empire, Principality of Antioch and County of Edessa invaded Muslim Syria. Having been repulsed from their main objective, the city of Aleppo, the combined Christian armies took a number of fortified settlements by assault and finally besieged Shaizar, the capital of the Munqidhite Emirate. The siege captured the city, but failed to take the citadel; it resulted in the Emir of Shaizar paying an indemnity and becoming the vassal of the Byzantine Emperor. The forces of Zengi, the greatest Muslim prince of the region, skirmished with the allied army but it was too strong for them to risk battle. The campaign underlined the limited nature of Byzantine suzerainty over the northern Crusader states and the lack of common purpose between the Latin princes and the Byzantine Emperor.
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Location: 35.2678, 36.5667, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 39 | Battle of Apamea | Roman Republic, Parthian Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 44 | Siege of Apamea | siege, Caecilius Bassus, Quintus Marcius Crispus | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 604 | Battle of Hamath | Ancient Egypt, battle, Neo-Babylonian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1500 | Battle of Apameia | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 573 | Battle of Apamea | Sasanian Empire, battle, Byzantine Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 994 | Battle of the Orontes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 998 | Battle of Apamea | Byzantine Empire, Fatimid Caliphate, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1111 | Battle of Shaizar | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1130 | Siege of Hama (1130) | siege, Zengid dynasty, Burid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1138 | Siege of Shaizar | Byzantine Empire, Knights Templar, Zengid dynasty, County of Edessa, Principality of Antioch, Munqidhite emirate of Shaizar, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1157 | Siege of Shaizar | County of Flanders, Kingdom of Jerusalem, siege, Zengid dynasty, County of Tripoli, Principality of Antioch, Armenian Principality of Cilicia, Nizari Ismaili state | Wikidata |
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| event | armed conflict | 1178 | Battle of Hama | Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle, Ayyubid Sultanate | Wikidata |
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| site | castle | Qalaat al-Madiq | fortress, fortified town, castle | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Ioannes II Komnenos1138 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | BNF, Mss fr 68, folio 214v | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Histoire dOutremer-Boulogne-Ms142-f153v | Commons | ||
| commons | image | BNF, Mss fr 68, folio 214v (cropped) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege of Shaizar (1138) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege de Shaizar (1138) | Commons | ||





