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Battle of Belvoir Castle | |||||||
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Part of the Crusades | |||||||
The Ruins of the Crusader Belvoir Castle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
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. In the following battle, both sides attacked each other, and this fight, whose outcome was uncertain, ended in the evening.[8]
The theatre of operations included Ayla, Transjordan, Galilee and Beirut.
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