| Siege of Beirut | |||||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Jerusalem.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Jerusalem&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Blason_Languedoc.svg){kind=small} County of Toulouse&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Armoiries_G%C3%AAnes.svg){kind=small} Republic of Genoa&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Pisa.svg){kind=small} Republic of Pisa |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:White_flag_3_to_2.svg){kind=small} Fatimid Caliphate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Baldwin I of Jerusalem Bertrand of Toulouse | Governor of Beirut | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Unknown number of Crusaders Twenty-two Genovese galleys | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The siege of Beirut was an event in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The coastal city of Beirut was captured from the Fatimids by the forces of Baldwin I of Jerusalem on 13 May 1110, with the assistance of Bertrand of Toulouse and a Genoese fleet.[1]
- ^ Barber 2012, p. 93.