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Battle of Damascus

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
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Syria

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Damascus (1148), part of the 2nd Crusade. Muslim Caliphate defeated Holy Roman Empire, France, Jerusalem.

Belligerents4

Muslim Caliphate
Holy Roman Empire
France
Jerusalem

ON THE MAPAbbasid CaliphateHoly Roman EmpireKingdom of France

Conflict graph

PART OFSecond Crusade

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Damascus (1148). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-damascus-1148 · Sources & methodology