The capture of Shaqif Habs Jaldak (Beaufort, 578 AH)
فتح الشقيف حبس جلدك
c. June 1182 CE · Safar 578 AH
Safar 578: while the Frankish host massed at Kerak watching Saladin's march from Egypt, Izz al-Din Farrukhshah gathered the Syrian regiments and swept through the emptied Frankish lands — plundering Daburiyya and its villages — and stormed the Shaqif 'Habs Jaldak', the fortress overlooking the Sawad above Tiberias that had long tormented the Muslims; its fall broke the Franks' edge 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
Overview
In Safar 578 AH the Muslims took al-Shaqif, known as Habs Jaldak, which is in the districts of Tiberias. Ibn al-Athir relates that when the Franks learned of Salah al-Din's march from Egypt to Syria, they gathered at al-Karak, and their lands were emptied on the side of Syria. 2
The conquest
Izz al-Din Farrukhshah gathered the armies of Syria and raided the lands of the Franks, plundered Dabburiyya and its surroundings, and took al-Shaqif. The Muslims had suffered great harm from it, so they rejoiced at it. He sent to Salah al-Din with the good news. 3
Connections
- Had participant
- Izz al-Din Farrukhshah
People and things also explored
The battle of the Ford of Sorrows (Jacob's Ford, 575 AH)· Izz al-Din Farrukhshah· Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)· غزوة ملك الألمان وغرقه· وقعة حطين· The assassination of the Marquis of Tyre (588 AH)· ملك الفرنج عكا وقتل الأسرى· The Frankish siege of Damietta (564 AH)
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 110-111
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.110
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.111
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