Siege of Edessa
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The siege of Edessa in October–November 1146 marked the permanent end of the rule of the Frankish Counts of Edessa in the city on the eve of the Second Crusade. It was the second siege the city had suffered in as many years, the first siege of Edessa having ended in December 1144. In 1146, Joscelyn II of Edessa and Baldwin of Marash recaptured the city by stealth but could not take or even properly besiege the citadel. After a brief counter-siege, Zangid governor Nūr al-Dīn took the city. The population was massacred and the walls razed. This victory was pivotal in the rise of Nūr al-Dīn and the decline of the Christian city of Edessa.
1146
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Zengid dynasty, County of Edessa,
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Location: 37.15, 38.8, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 131 | Osroëne | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 163 | Siege of Edessa | siege, Ancient Rome, Parthian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 165 | Siege of Edessa | siege, Ancient Rome, Parthian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 230 | Sassanid campaign of Severus Alexander | Sasanian Empire, military campaign, Ancient Rome | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 242 | Sasanian campaign of Gordian III | Roman Empire, Sasanian Empire, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 242 | Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign | military campaign, Roman Empire, Sasanian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 260 | Battle of Edessa | Sasanian Empire, Roman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 312 | Sapor II's Syrian-Mesopotamian campaigns | military campaign, Roman Empire, Sasanian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 544 | Siege of Edessa | Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Empire, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 610 | Siege of Edessa | Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Empire, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1104 | Siege of Edessa | siege, Principality of Antioch, County of Edessa, Seljuk Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1144 | Siege of Edessa | siege, Zengid dynasty, County of Edessa | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1146 | Siege of Edessa | siege, Zengid dynasty, County of Edessa | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1480 | Battle of Urfa | battle, Aq Qoyunlu, Mamluk Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Urfa Resistance | rebellion, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1920 | Battle of Urfa | siege, battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1470 | Aq Qoyunlu–Mamluk War | war, Aq Qoyunlu, Mamluk Sultanate, Beylik of Dulkadir | Wikidata |