battle, medieval

Battle of Ain Salm

Name: Battle of Ain Salm
Location: Aleppo, Syria

Battle of Ain Salm was a battle fought in 1086 at Aleppo, in what is now Syria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Aleppo. The recorded result: Seljuk/Damascene victory.

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Fought1086

WhereAleppo, Syria36.200N, 37.160E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSeljuk/Damascene victory

BelligerentsSeljuk Empire; Emirate of Damascus; Artuqid BeylikagainstSultanate of Rûm; Beylik of Çubukoğulları

Record

Date	1086 (year precision)
Place	Aleppo, Syria 36.200N, 37.160E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Commanders	Tutush I Artuk Bey	Suleiman ibn Qutalmish Kilij Arslan I

Placed at Aleppo; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Aleppo AD 637, 0.4 km SE
Siege of Aleppo 1260, 0.4 km SE
Siege of Aleppo 1981, 0.4 km SE
Sack of Aleppo AD 962, 0.9 km W
Siege of Aleppo 1124, 0.9 km W

Elsewhere in 1086

Battle of Ain Salm is one of 318 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 133 in present-day Syria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q9172722, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Ain Salm, revision 1370431180, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.