30 results for “siege”
Clear filterThe siege of Damascus lasted several months as Muslim forces under Kh...
...nsive position, but the Muslims persisted through months of siege-like attrition before a decisive engagement scattered the P...
After Heliopolis, Amr ibn al-As besieged Alexandria — one of the greatest cities of the ancient wor...
Uthman ibn Affan was besieged in his home in Medina by rebel groups from Egypt, Kufa, an...
...gn (60–64 AH) was marked by constant internal conflict. The siege of Mecca and the death of Ibn al-Zubayr would not come unti...
The second Arab siege of Constantinople (717–718 CE) was the largest and most sus...
...roceeded methodically: the port city of Daybul was taken by siege using a large catapult, and the army advanced northward alo...
...pted to reduce military adventurism: the massive and costly siege of Constantinople was called off upon his accession. He rep...
In Safar 656 AH, the Mongol forces under Hulagu Khan besieged and sacked Baghdad, massacring hundreds of thousands of it...
... of Quraysh, Ghatafan, and various Arab and Jewish tribes besiege Medina with a combined force estimated between 10,000 and 2...
... at Yarmouk, Muslim forces under Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah besieged the city. The Patriarch Sophronius insisted that he would ...
...Alexandria, the imperial capital of Egypt. A fourteen-month siege ended when the Byzantine garrison negotiated a surrender an...
The Siege of Antioch during the First Crusade lasted seven and a half...
...ad expelled the Christian and Jewish populations before the siege and defended the city for five weeks. When the crusaders br...
...ops. The Mamluk Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil assembled a massive siege train, reportedly including over 100 catapults. After appro...
...ainst an Ottoman army of 60,000 to 80,000. After 53 days of siege and bombardment, the walls were breached. Emperor Constanti...
... a massive Ottoman force of approximately 140,000 men and besieged Vienna for two months, constructing an elaborate network o...
... at Ajnadayn, Muslim forces moved northward. Damascus was besieged from multiple sides, with Khalid ibn al-Walid and Abu Ubay...
...thers. After an initial victory at Pelusium and a prolonged siege of Babylon fortress, the main Byzantine field army under Th...
... were determined to complete the Reconquista. Granada was besieged, and after resisting for about a year, Muhammad XII surren...
The Siege of Rhodes in 1522 was Suleiman the Magnificent's first majo...
...n and southern Syrian regions and left the way open for the siege of Damascus.
...ched Hashim ibn Utbah with 12,000 troops. After a prolonged siege of the Persian fortifications lasting several months, the M...
...o a single authorized text. He was martyred by rebels who besieged his house for 40 days.
European Crusaders captured Jerusalem after a month-long siege, massacring its Muslim and Jewish inhabitants. The Crusader...
Crusader armies captured Jerusalem after a siege, massacring many Muslim and Jewish inhabitants. The fall of...
The Fifth Crusade targeted Egypt. Crusaders captured Damietta but were eventually defeated. During this conflict, Francis of Assisi famously crossed enemy lines
Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent besieged Vienna, marking the furthest extent of Ottoman expansion i...
The Ottoman siege of Vienna was broken, marking the beginning of Ottoman terr...
...Mecca, declaring their companion as the Mahdi. The two-week siege shocked the Muslim world.