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 "slug": "marj-al-saffar-520",
 "label": {
  "ar": "وقعة مرج الصفر مع الفرنج",
  "en": "Battle of Marj al-Saffar against the Franks"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "وقعة مرج الصفر آخر سنة 520هـ؛ اجتمع الإفرنج ملوكهم وقمامصتهم وساروا إلى دمشق فنزلوا مرج الصفر، وبعث الأتابك طغركين بالصريخ إلى تركمان ديار بكر وخيم قبالتهم مستحلفاً ابنه بوري على دمشق، وناجزهم الحرب فصرع طغركين عن فرسه وانهزم المسلمون، ومضت خيالة الإفرنج في اتباعهم وبقي رجالة التركمان في المعركة فلما خلص إليهم رجالة الإفرنج اجتمعوا واستماتوا وحملوا عليهم فقتلوهم ونهبوا عسكرهم وعادوا غانمين ظافرين إلى دمشق، ورجعت خيالة الإفرنج منهزمة فوجدت معسكرها منهوباً ورجالها قتلى.",
  "en": "The battle of Marj al-Saffar, late 520 AH; the Franks mustered their kings and counts and camped at Marj al-Saffar outside Damascus — the Atabeg Tughtakin summoned the Turkman of Diyar Bakr, left his son Buri sworn over the city, and joined battle; he was unhorsed and the Muslims broke, the Frankish horse chasing after them, but the Turkman infantry stood and fought to the death, massacring the Frankish foot and looting their camp before returning laden to Damascus — the returning Frankish cavalry found their camp plundered and their footmen dead."
 },
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  "latest": 1126.998432548207
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   "edtf": "1126",
   "hijri": "0520",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "آخر سنة 520هـ؛ التحويل مشتق.",
   "sources": [
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   ]
  },
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   "edtf": "1126",
   "hijri": "0520",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "آخر سنة 520هـ؛ التحويل مشتق.",
   "sources": [
    "source/tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar"
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  "kind": "battle",
  "date": {
   "start": {
    "edtf": "1126",
    "hijri": "0520",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "آخر سنة 520هـ؛ التحويل مشتق.",
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   },
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    "edtf": "1126",
    "hijri": "0520",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "آخر سنة 520هـ؛ التحويل مشتق.",
    "sources": [
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   }
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  "sources": [
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  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "ابن خلدون، العبر — منازلة الإفرنج دمشق، ص1328 (طبعة هيليوبوليس)",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "model": "swe-2-high",
   "run": "lib-ibar-east-5"
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  "status": {
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   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High); extracted from Ibn Khaldun al-Ibar via Apple Vision OCR"
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "وقعة مرج الصفر آخر سنة 520هـ، بين الفرنج وأتابك دمشق طغتكين. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الوقعة",
     "markdown": "اجتمع ملوك الإفرنج وقمامصتهم وساروا إلى دمشق ونزلوا مرج الصفر. استنجد طغتكين بتركمان ديار بكر، وأبقى ابنه بوري على دمشق. ثم صُرع عن فرسه وانهزم المسلمون وتبعهم فرسان الإفرنج. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الخاتمة",
     "markdown": "ثبت رجالة التركمان في المعركة واستماتوا، فقتلوا رجالة الإفرنج ونهبوا عسكرهم. ورجع الفرسان فوجدوا معسكرهم منهوباً ورجالهم قتلى. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar}\n\nالتاريخ بالميلادي مشتق من الهجري."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/marj-al-saffar-520",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The battle of Marj al-Saffar took place at the end of 520 AH, between the Franks and Atabeg Tughtakin of Damascus. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The battle",
     "markdown": "The kings and commanders of the Franks gathered, marched to Damascus and camped at Marj al-Saffar. Tughtakin asked the Turkmen of Diyar Bakr for help, and left his son Buri in charge of Damascus. Then he was unhorsed, the Muslims were routed, and the Frankish cavalry pursued them. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The end",
     "markdown": "The Turkmen foot soldiers held firm in the battle and fought to the death; they killed the Frankish foot soldiers and plundered their camp. The horsemen returned and found their camp plundered and their infantry dead. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar}\n\nThe Gregorian date is derived from the Hijri date."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/marj-al-saffar-520",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
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