Back حصار الكرك Arabic کرک موحاصیرهسی AZB Obléhání Keraku Czech Belagerung von Karak (1183) German Sitio del Kerak Spanish محاصره کرک Persian Siège de Kerak French Assedio di Kerak Italian კერაკის ალყა Georgian Beleg van Kerak Dutch
| Siege of Kerak | |||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||
 The Kerak Castle in the present-day in Jordan | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Jerusalem |
 Ayyubid Dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Baldwin IV of Jerusalem Raynald of Châtillon Raymond III of Tripoli |
 Saladin Al-Adil I[1] Al-Muzaffar Umar Kara Arslan Sheref ad-Din Barghosh † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 8 siege engines[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | A couple hundred[3] | ||||||
The siege of Kerak was conducted by the forces of Muslim Sultan Saladin against the Crusaders and the Christian King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem at the Kerak Castle from early November to 4 December 1183. The Crusaders successfully withstood the siege.
- ^ "The Life of Saladin Behaudin Tekstualno". Scribd. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ Stevenson 1907, p. 234.
- ^ Stevenson 1907, p. 235.