استيلاء الفرنج على القسطنطينية
استيلاء الفرنج على القسطنطينية
c. 1204 CE · 601 AH
In 601 the Franks seized Constantinople and expelled the Romans — theirs since before Islam — and held it till 660, when the Romans took it back 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Al-Suyuti reports that in 601 AH the Franks prevailed over Constantinople and drove the Romans out of it. It had been in Roman hands before Islam, and it remained in the hands of the Franks until 660 AH, when the Romans retook it. 2
Events of the same year
The "Fragments of Gold" says that in the same year the Georgians raided Azerbaijan, and the garrisons of Khilat and the Roman Arzan were appointed to fight them, and the king of the Georgians was killed in the battle line. 3
In the same year the Franks came suddenly to Hama and took women from its gate. King al-Mansur came out to them and fought, and stood in the rearguard. Ibn al-Imad says that had he not stood there, they would have left no one of the Muslims. 3
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 696
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.696
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.10
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “استيلاء الفرنج على القسطنطينية”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/franks-constantinople-601/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.