Battle of Azaz (1125)

Battle of Azaz
Part of the Crusades

Baldwin II coin
DateJune 11, 1125
Location
Result Crusader victory
Belligerents
 Kingdom of Jerusalem
 Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Principality of Antioch
County of Edessa
County of Tripoli
Seljuk Turks
Artuqids
Burid dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Jerusalem Baldwin II of Jerusalem
Armenian Kingdom of CiliciaLeo I of Armenia
Joscelin I of Edessa
Pons of Tripoli
Aq-Sunqur il-Bursuqi
Toghtekin
Strength

3,100


1,100 knights
2,000 infantry
15,000
Casualties and losses
20 including 5 knights 1,000–5,015 killed

In the Battle of Azaz forces of the Crusader States commanded by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeated Aq-Sunqur al-Bursuqi's army of Seljuk Turks on 11 June 1125 and raised the siege of the town. (One authority says the battle was fought on June 13.[1])

  1. ^ Smail 1995, p. 182

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