At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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Summary
News of the taking of Aleppo reached Damascus on Saturday, and al-Malik al-Nasir fled. Hulagu's envoys entered the city that day, and the decree granting safety to Damascus was read out. The keys of Hama were handed to Hulagu, and its ruler and al-Nasir went toward Gaza. The citadel of Damascus resisted, and the Tatars besieged it and kept up the bombardment with twenty catapults against the Tarama Tower until it cracked. Its people asked for safety and were granted it, and the deputy Kitbugha took up residence there. They also took Baalbek and its citadel, and they took Nablus and its districts by the sword. Then they captured al-Malik al-Nasir and took him under safe conduct, and he remained in Hulagu's service for some months. Then Hulagu crossed the Euphrates on his return and left a Tatar contingent in Syria. The Christians of Damascus rose up, raised their heads, lifted the cross and paraded with it, and forced people to stand for it from their shops on the twenty-second of Ramadan 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Nasir, lord of Damascus· Kitbugha Noyan
- Occurred at
- Damascus· Nablus
People and things also explored
Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi's procession of women's hair and the march to Nablus, 606· Sayf al-Din al-Qaymari· al-Nasir, lord of Damascus· Damascus· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 298-299
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.298-299
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islam.museum contributors. “Damascus submits to the Tatars, 658”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mongols-take-damascus-658/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.