Back معركة كوكب الهوا (1182) Arabic کوکب هوا دؤیوشو AZB Batalla de Belvoir Catalan نبرد کوکب هوا Persian Bataille de Belvoir French Pertempuran Kastel Belvoir ID Battaglia di Belvoir Italian ბელვუარის ციხესიმაგრის ბრძოლა Georgian Slag bij Kasteel Belfort Dutch Битва у замка Бельвуар Russian

Battle of Belvoir Castle

Battle of Belvoir Castle
Part of the Crusades

The Ruins of the Crusader Belvoir Castle
Date15 July 1182
Location
Belvoir Castle, Kingdom of Jerusalem
Belligerents
link Kingdom of Jerusalem link Ayyubid Dynasty
Commanders and leaders
link Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
link Balian of Ibelin
link Baldwin II of Ramla
link Hugh II of Saint Omer		 link Saladin
link Farrukh Shah
link Gökböri
link Bektimur
Strength

700 knights [1][2]

9,000 infantry and Turcopoles		 35,000 of which 9,000 were cavalry[3]
Casualties and losses
Minor deaths among knights, heavy among the infantry[4] Heavy[5][6][7]

The Battle of Belvoir Castle, also called the Battle of Le Forbelet, was a part of Saladin’s campaign in May — August 1182 against the Crusaders. Crusader forces led by King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem battled with Ayyubid forces from Egypt commanded by Saladin. Saladin took action in Damascus on June 11, 1182, together with his regent Farrukh Shah. Entering Palestine from the south of Tiberias, Saladin encountered the Crusader army coming from Transoxiana near Belvoir Castle. .[8]

The theatre of operations included Ayla, Transjordan, Galilee and Beirut.

  1. ^ William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, p. 474
  2. ^ Helena P. Schrader, The Holy Land in the Era of the Crusades, p.232
  3. ^ Helena P. Schrader, The Battle of Le Forbelet
  4. ^ William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, p. 474
  5. ^ Bernard Hamilton, The Leper King, p.174
  6. ^ Helena P. Schrader, The Battle of Le Forbelet
  7. ^ Steve Tibble, The Crusader Strategy: Defending the Holy Land, p.256
  8. ^ Steven Runciman, History of the Crusades, ll, p.362

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