Shaizar or Shayzar (Arabic: شيزر; in modern Arabic Saijar; Hellenistic name: Larissa in Syria, Λάρισσα εν Συρία in Greek) is a town in northern Syria...

36°34′01″E / 35.266707°N 36.566952°E / 35.266707; 36.566952 In the Battle of Shaizar in 1111, a Crusader army commanded by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem and a...

The siege of Shaizar took place from 28 April to 21 May 1138. The allied forces of the Byzantine Empire, Principality of Antioch and County of Edessa...

author, faris (knight), and diplomat from the Banu Munqidh dynasty of Shaizar in northern Syria. His life coincided with the rise of several medieval...

participation in the Second Crusade, the failed 1157–1158 siege of the Syrian city Shaizar, and the 1164 invasion of Egypt), he had a rare and distinguished record...

winter of 1157–1158 Baldwin led an expedition into Syria, where he besieged Shaizar. The expedition was forced to withdraw when a dispute arose between Thierry...

Banias in the Golan Heights Caesarea Magna, formerly Larissa in Syria, now Shaizar, an ancient Roman city and modern Syrian town Caesarea in Cappadocia, modern...

[clarification needed] who had held it on behalf of the Banu Munqidh of Shaizar, and was later refortified by Rashid al-Din Sinan. Masyaf and the surrounding...

patriarch of Antioch. This was so even after a papal edict to the contrary. Shaizar As a vassal of the kings of Jerusalem, Bertrand of Tripoli was drawn into...

extortion from Antioch's Muslim neighbours provoked the inconclusive battle of Shaizar between the Franks and an Abbasid army led by the governor of Mosul, Mawdud...

ruler) of Shaizar, sent envoys to him, seeking his assistance against Tancred. Mawdud lifted the siege of Turbessel and moved to help Shaizar. Mawdud's...

was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Battle of Shaizar: Sultan Muhammad I Tapar appoints Mawdud ibn Altuntash, Turkic governor...

Raymond agreed with the emperor that if he was capable of capturing Aleppo, Shaizar, and Homs, he would exchange Antioch for them. John went on to attack Aleppo...

John to press the Siege of Shaizar.[citation needed] The city was taken, but the citadel defied assault. The Emir of Shaizar offered to pay a large indemnity...

powers in Syria from 1137 to 1138, including at the sieges of Aleppo and Shaizar. In 1143, the Templars also began taking part in the Reconquista in Iberia...

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and his son Sharaf al-Din Muhammad. There they occupied the fortress at Shaizar held by the Banu Munqidh, using it to spread terror to Isfahan, the heart...

(Al-Rastan) Balanea (Baniyas) Epiphania in Syria (Hama) Larissa in Syria (Shaizar) Mariamme (Maryamin) Raphanea Seleucobelus (Seleucopolis) History of Syria...

armies of the Byzantine emperor and the Crusader princes laid siege to Shaizar, but they were turned back by Zengi's forces a month later. In May 1138...

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captured Aleppo, Homs, and Shaizar for him. The following year the Byzantines and Franks jointly besieged Aleppo and Shaizar but could not take the towns...

Crusaders had successfully used this method of fighting in the Battle of Shaizar (1111) and the Battle of Bosra (1147). For their part, Saladin's soldiers...

ruler) of Shaizar, sent envoys to him, seeking his assistance against Tancred. Mawdud lifted the siege of Turbessel and moved to help Shaizar. Toghtekin...

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capital of Hamah (Hamaih-Epiphaneia), and the ancient site of Larissa (Shaizar). This is where the river enters the Ghab plain. Further downstream, on...

Tripoli 1st Acre 2nd Acre Harran 3rd Ramla Artah Beirut Sidon 1st Tyre 1st Shaizar Al-Sannabra Sarmin Ager Sanguinis Hab Jaffa and 2nd Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo...

Tripoli 1st Acre 2nd Acre Harran 3rd Ramla Artah Beirut Sidon 1st Tyre 1st Shaizar Al-Sannabra Sarmin Ager Sanguinis Hab Jaffa and 2nd Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo...

Tripoli 1st Acre 2nd Acre Harran 3rd Ramla Artah Beirut Sidon 1st Tyre 1st Shaizar Al-Sannabra Sarmin Ager Sanguinis Hab Jaffa and 2nd Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo...

Tripoli 1st Acre 2nd Acre Harran 3rd Ramla Artah Beirut Sidon 1st Tyre 1st Shaizar Al-Sannabra Sarmin Ager Sanguinis Hab Jaffa and 2nd Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo...

Northern Syria, using his cavalry as an advance guard and raiding force. At Shaizar, Khalid intercepted a convoy taking provisions for Chalcis. The prisoners...