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Safita

صافيتا

A fortress town in the coastal mountains of Syria — Castel Blanc of the Franks; Nur al-Din took it in 561 1.

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A fortress and town in the Syrian coast mountains; Nur al-Din took it from the Franks in 561 1.

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Nur al-Din Takes the Fortress of Safita from the Franks in 561

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Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi· Nur al-Din Takes the Fortress of Safita from the Franks in 561

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 677
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Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi

Lord of Aleppo then Syria; he relieved Damascus from the Frankish siege in 543 with his brother Ghazi and kept retaking what they held — never slackening in jihad. He took Damascus in Safar 549, and al-Muqtafi deeded him Egypt as 'al-Malik al-Adil.