siege, major, medieval
Siege of Jerusalem
Siege of Jerusalem was a siege conducted on 15 July 1244 at Jerusalem, in what is now Israel. It was part of Crusades, which ran from 1095 to 1291. The recorded result: Ayyubid victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 against Unknown.
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Record
| Date | 15 July 1244 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Jerusalem, Israel 31.783N, 35.217E | |
| Part of | Crusades (1095 to 1291) | |
| Kind | Siege, medieval | |
| Result | Ayyubid victory | |
| Territorial change | Muslim capture of Jerusalem | |
| Belligerents | 22px Ayyubid Sultanate | border|22px Kingdom of Jerusalem |
| Commanders | border|22px As-Salih Ayyub | Unknown |
| Strength | 10,000 | Unknown |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | Unknown; 6,000 Christian civilians massacred at the Tower of David, 300 escaped to Jaffa |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Jerusalem 63 BC, same recorded site
- Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem AD 614, same recorded site
- Siege of Jebus 1010 BC, same recorded site
- Siege of Jerusalem 37 BC, same recorded site
- Siege of Jerusalem 1834, same recorded site
In the same war
- Before: Battle of the Ice 5 April 1242
- After: Battle of Forbie 17 October 1244
- All 58 engagements of Crusades
Elsewhere in 1244
- Battle of the Gulf Iceland
- Siege of Biar Spain
- Siege of Denia Spain
Siege of Jerusalem is one of 386 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 106 in present-day Israel.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3849563, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Jerusalem (1244), revision 1372557997, 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.