Gibelacar (Arabic: جبل عكار), also known by its original Arabic name Hisn Ibn Akkar (Arabic: حصن ابن عكار) or its modern Arabic name Qal'at Akkar (Arabic: قلعة عكار), is a fortress in the village of Akkar al-Atiqa in the Akkar Governorate in northern Lebanon. The fortress dates back to the Fatimid era in the early 11th century. It was captured and utilized by the Crusaders in the early 12th century until it was captured and strengthened by the Mamluks in the late 13th century. It became the headquarters of the Sayfa clan, whose members, chief among them Yusuf Pasha, served as the governors and tax farmers of the Tripoli Eyalet and its sanjaks from 1579 through the mid-17th century.
Gibelacar (Arabic: جبل عكار), also known by its original Arabic name Hisn Ibn Akkar (Arabic: حصن ابن عكار) or its modern Arabic name Qal'at Akkar (Arabic:...
of Saint John the Baptist Church of Saint Mary of the Germans Coliath^ Gibelacar Krak des Chevaliers Margat Mount Tabor^ Other regions Tripoli Principality...
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of the gap, 27 kilometres (17 mi) away, was the 12th-century castle of Gibelacar (Hisn Ibn Akkar). The route through the strategically important Homs Gap...
installed himself in Damascus. He later expanded his realm by annexing Sidon, Gibelacar, Tiberias, Ramla, Jaffa and Jerusalem, which he granted to Artuk Bey,...
control of the approaches to Tripoli. He followed it up with the capture of Gibelacar Castle, falling on 1 May 1271. Later in 1271, two Assassins were sent...
Coliath or La Colée (Qalaat al-Qlaiaat), near the coast north of Tripoli Gibelacar (Hisn Ibn Akkar) in Northern Lebanon, 1170–1203 Chastel Rouge (Qal’at...
of Saint John the Baptist Church of Saint Mary of the Germans Coliath^ Gibelacar Krak des Chevaliers Margat Mount Tabor^ Other regions Tripoli Principality...
Baibars besieges Safita in February, then takes Krak des Chevaliers, Gibelacar and Tripoli. Late May. Baibars offers Bohemond VI of Antioch a ten-year...
(except for the Tower of the Templars); the Hospitaller-controlled Valenia; Gibelacar (15 July); and Laodicea (23 July). The castles of Sanyun and La Roche...
Yusuf. Yusuf was headquartered in the fortress village of Hisn Akkar (Gibelacar). He formed ties with the local multazims (holders of iltizam, i.e. tax...
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