Kafartab (Arabic: كفرطاب, also spelled Kafr Tab or Kafar Tab, known as Capharda by the Crusaders) was a town and fortress in northwestern Syria that existed...

capturing Atharib, Zardana, Tell Aghdi, Ma’arat al-Nu’man, Ma’arrat Misrin and Kafartab. He captured them one by one. Following this successful campaign against...

Bohemond as "a forceful character and great power." Badr ad-Daulah captured Kafartab shortly after Bohemond's arrival, but Bohemond quickly recaptured the fortress...

family's demise in an earthquake in 1157. The emirate was initially based in Kafartab before the Banu Munqidh took over the fortress of Shayzar in 1081 and made...

Ilghazi agreed to sign a one-year truce, which secured the possession of Kafartab and two other fortresses for the crusaders. Baldwin returned to Jerusalem...

captured Atharib, Zardana, Tell Aghdi, Ma’arat al-Nu’man, Ma’arrat Misrin and Kafartab. The Count of Tripoli, Pons, in an attempt to make up for the loss of Ma’arat...

attack, but the fortresses of Balat, Biza'a, Athereb, Maarat al-Numan and Kafartab were taken by assault. Although John fought hard for the Christian cause...

fort of Kafartab and retreated without fighting. Baldwin and Pons soon returned to their countries, enabling Bursuq to return and capture Kafartab. Roger...

siege, but the fortresses of Balat, Biza'a, Athareb, Maarat al-Numan, and Kafartab were taken by assault. Although John fought hard for the Christian cause...

escapes with a few hundred horsemen. Roger reoccupies the fortress of Kafartab, and consolidates his territory around Antioch. The Crusader castle of...

memorise the Quran, and was also tutored by scholars such as Ibn Munira of Kafartab and Abu Abdullah al-Tulaytuli of Toledo. He spent much of his youth hunting...

of Mousson (1113) Siege of Bar (1113) Siege of Cologne (1114) Siege of Kafartab (1115) – Crusades Siege of Jaffa (1115) – Crusades Siege of Marqab (1116)...

army southward taking the fortresses of Athareb, Maarat al-Numan, and Kafartab by assault, with the ultimate goal of capturing the city of Shaizar. It...

truce with Ilghazi, Artuqid ruler of Mardin, securing the possession of Kafartab and other fortresses in Syria. June 17 – Battle of Cutanda: The combined...

The Antiochene towns of Atharib, Zerdana, Sarmin, Ma'arrat al-Numan and Kafartab fell to his army. "Il Ghazi, however, was unable to extract full profit...

to attack, but the fortresses of Biza'a, Athareb, Ma'arrat Nu'man and Kafartab are taken by assault. While the Byzantines besiege the city of Shaizar...

government of Edessa. Late May. Ridwan takes Maarrat al-Nu'man, Artah, Kafartab and other Antiochene border forts. A Byzantine fleet captures Latakia,...

a very important weapon; Usama describes using lances in the battle of Kafartab: We dislodged from them eighteen knights, of whom some received lance blows...

principal urban centres in the 10th century were Latakia, Palmyra, Jableh, Kafartab, Tarsus, Salamiyah, Bulunyas and the Fortress of Khawabi. The southern...

son Suleiman. Later on, the Zengid leader Imad ad-Din Zengi conquered Kafartab and other fortress cities along the eastern frontier of the Principality...

Aleppo. Afterward, the Kilabi emir Muqallid ibn Za'ida besieged the town of Kafartab to gain leverage with Mansur. This prompted the latter to move the Kilabi...

forces. In January 1241, the Khwarazmians returned. They pillaged Sarmin, Kafartab and Shayzar. As they were returning towards the Euphrates, al-Mansur Ibrahim...

and helped drive out Sadid al-Mulk from Aleppo to his family's base in Kafartab. Bianquis 1993, p. 121. Bianquis 1993, p. 119. Zakkar 1969, p. 194. Zakkar...

Seljuk general Bursuq ibn Bursuq captured the important border fortress of Kafartab on around 3 September 1115. Bursuq started to build siege engines, most...

al-Atharib, followed by Zardana, Ma’arat al-Nu’man, Ma’arrat Misrin and Kafartab. (Date unknown). Pons of Tripoli is repelled by Zengi in the Battle of...

escapes with a few hundred horsemen. Roger reoccupies the fortress of Kafartab, and consolidates his territory around Antioch. The Crusader castle of...

peace treaty between the two factions was made, whereby Ma'arrat Misrin, Kafartab and al-Bara would remain with the Crusaders. It served as the Crusaders'...

truce with Ilghazi, Artuqid ruler of Mardin, securing the possession of Kafartab and other fortresses in Syria. June 17 – Battle of Cutanda: The combined...

to attack, but the fortresses of Biza'a, Athareb, Ma'arrat Nu'man and Kafartab are taken by assault. While the Byzantines besiege the city of Shaizar...

Baalbek and Ibn al-Muqaddam was forced to surrender it in return for Baarin, Kafartab and smaller settlements. In 1182, Saladin entrusted him as the muḥakkim...