The Towers of Toron is a 1964 science fantasy novel by Samuel R. Delany, and is the second novel in the "Fall of the Towers" trilogy. The novel was originally...

was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a seigneury within the Kingdom of Jerusalem, actually a rear-vassalage of the Principality of Galilee. The castle...

Captives of the Flame (1963, rewritten as Out of the Dead City in 1968), The Towers of Toron (1964), and City of a Thousand Suns (1965). The first two...

of the City College of New York after one semester. His next work was the trilogy The Fall of the Towers, followed by The Ballad of Beta-2 and Babel-17;...

Humphrey IV of Toron (c. 1166 – 1198) was a leading baron in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He inherited the Lordship of Toron from his grandfather, Humphrey...

had a pair of large recesses echoing the form of the entrance arches in the north wall. The mosque also had many fewer toron with none on the corner buttresses...

of a Thousand Suns is a 1965 science fantasy novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany, the final novel in the Fall of the Towers trilogy. As in the other...

Captives of the Flame is a 1963 science fantasy novel by Samuel R. Delany, and is the first novel in the "Fall of the Towers" trilogy. The novel was originally...

Stephanie of Milly, the widow of Humphrey III of Toron (and daughter-in-law of Humphrey II of Toron). From Kerak Castle, Raynald harassed the trade camel...

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battlements. Similarly, the corner towers feature five rows of torons. The mosque's western wall mirrors the tripartite arrangement of the eastern facade, characterized...

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, engaged her to Humphrey IV of Toron. Her mother's second husband, Balian of Ibelin, and his stepfather, Raynald of Châtillon,...

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Sidon Sea Castle, stronghold of the Lordship of Toron Toron, stronghold of the Lordship of Toron Castrum Sancti Helie (Castle of St. Elias) - castle ruins...

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use of the truce with Saladin to strengthen the position of his maternal kin, granting Maron and Chastel Neuf to Joscelin and usufruct of Toron to Agnes...

husband, Humphrey IV of Toron, and led the rival faction to the court party. Open warfare was prevented only by Humphrey of Toron swearing allegiance to...

the besieging army be given eight catapults in order to speed up their conquest. Inside the walls of Kerak, the marriage between Humphrey IV of Toron...

top of a hill "during the initial Frankish siege of the city between 1102 and 1109" on the orders of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, who baptized it the Castle...

France, and by another cousin, Leopold V, Duke of Austria. Richard also allied with Humphrey IV of Toron, Isabella's first husband, from whom she had been...

square set of walls strengthened by corner towers, built around a central donjon, thus forming two layers of defense. The castle houses the Byblos site...

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opening the way for the fleet to attack the fortress. The city of Damietta was well fortified, with 3 walls, 28 towers, and a moat. Once the river tower was...

campaign against the Crusaders. On 10 December, he attacked Darum and besieged it for two days, managing to gain entrance into one of the towers. On 18 December...

Lebanon. The 3,500 sq m (37,673 sq ft) castle was built by Moussa Abdel Karim Al Maamari, and was opened to the public in 1969. It is the life work of a Lebanese...

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The Lion Tower (Arabic: برج السبع, romanized: Burj es-Sabaa) is a small fortress located at the far eastern end of the Tripoli harbor in North Lebanon...

not to disturb her peace. Baldwin named his supporter Humphrey II of Toron as the new constable. By 1154 mother and son were reconciled, as Baldwin was...

her and her husband Humphrey IV of Toron crowned. However, Humphrey, whose stepfather Raynald of Châtillon was an ally of Guy, deserted him and swore allegiance...

Humphrey IV of Toron had been annulled in preparation for her second marriage with an ambitious crusader leader, Conrad of Montferrat. As the only surviving...