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12th c. military conflict
Fall of Saruj
Date
1145
Location
Saruj
Result
Zengid victory
Zengids capture Saruj
Belligerents
Zengids
Remnants of the County of Edessa
Commanders and leaders
Imad al-Din Zengi
Unknown
Strength
Unknown
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Unknown
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t
e
Zengid–Crusader War (1127–1174)
al-Atharib
Rafaniyya
Antioch
Qinnasrin
Ba'rin
Aleppo
Shaizar
Edessa 1144
Saruj
Edessa 1146
Bosra
Damascus
Inab
Aintab
Turbessel
Lake Huleh
Butaiha
al-Buqaia
Harim
Crusader invasions of Egypt
al-Babein
The Fall of Saruj in 1145 saw the main surviving Frankish fortress of Edessa fall to the Zengids.[1]
Following his great victory in the Siege of Edessa in 1144 Imad al-Din Zengi marched towards Saruj, the main surviving fortress of Edessa situated east of the Euphrates.[1][2] The Frankish fortress of Saruj fell to Zengi in January 1145.[1][2]
^ abcFrankopan, Peter., Venning, Timothy. A Chronology of the Crusades. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2015.
^ abRunciman, Steven. A History of the Crusades: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. United States: Harper & Row, 1965.
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