Battle of Harran

Battle of Harran
	Part of the Crusades
	; The ruins of Harran in 2003
Date	7 May 1104
Location	Two days from Harran, in the plain opposite to Raqqa; (modern-day Şanlıurfa, Turkey)36°52′0.001″N 39°1′59.999″E / 36.86666694°N 39.03333306°E
Result	Seljuk victory
Belligerents
Principality of Antioch; County of Edessa	Seljuk Empire
Commanders and leaders
Baldwin II of Edessa (POW),; Bohemund I of Antioch,; Tancred,; Joscelin of Courtenay (POW)	Jikirmish of Mosul,; Sokman
Strength
3,000 heavy cavalry; 9,000 infantry and archers	6.500
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Southeast Turkey Battle of Harran (Turkey)

The Battle of Harran took place on 7 May 1104 between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks. It was the first major battle against the newfound Crusader states in the aftermath of the First Crusade, marking a key turning point against Frankish expansion.^[3] The battle had a disastrous effect on the Principality of Antioch as the Turks regained territory earlier lost.^[4]

^ The Crusades By Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, pg. 145
^ Jörgensen 2007, pg. 60.
^ The Crusades, C. 1071-c. 1291 By Jean Richard, Jean Birrell, pg. 128
^ The Story of the Crusades by Thomas Andrew Archer, Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, Henry Edward Watts, pg. 145