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Siege of Jacob's Ford
| Siege of Jacob's Ford | |||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||
 The Ruins of the Crusader Fortress in Jacob's Ford | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Jerusalem |
 Ayyubid Dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Baldwin IV of Jerusalem |
Saladin  Nur ad-Din Ortoki[1] Dolderim al-Yaruki | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,500 Crusaders[2] | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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800 killed[3] 700 captured[3] | Unknown | ||||||
The siege of Jacob's Ford was a victory of the Muslim Sultan Saladin over the Christian King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV. It occurred in August 1179, when Saladin conquered and destroyed Chastelet, a new border castle built by the Knights Templar at Jacob's Ford on the upper Jordan River, a historic passage point between the Golan Heights and north Galilee. Jacob's Ford is also known by the Latin name of Vadum Iacob and in modern Hebrew as Ateret. Many scholars believe that Saladin's reconquest of the Holy Land and Jerusalem in 1187 was heralded by this earlier victory.
- ^ scribd.com
- ^ Tyerman, Christopher (23 May 2019). The World of the Crusades. Yale University Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-300-21739-1.
- ^ a b Tyerman 2019, p. 128.
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