siege, medieval

Siege of Mosul

Name: Siege of Mosul
Location: Mosul, Iraq

Siege of Mosul was a siege conducted in January 1096 at Mosul, in what is now Iraq. The recorded result: Seljuk victory.

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FoughtJanuary 1096

WhereMosul, Iraq36.340N, 43.130E

OutcomeSeljuk victory

BelligerentsSeljuk EmpireagainstUqaylid dynasty

Record

Date	January 1096 (month precision) to September 1096
Place	Mosul, Iraq 36.340N, 43.130E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Territorial change	The Seljuks annexed the territory of the Uqaylid State.
Commanders	Kerbogha

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Mosul 1261, 0.8 km S
Battle of Nineveh AD 627, 3.0 km NE
Fall of Nineveh 612 BC, 3.0 km NE
Siege of Mosul 1743, 3.2 km N
Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC, 11 km E

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 612 BC and 1743.

Elsewhere in 1096

Siege of Mosul is one of 185 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 88 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q122853739, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mosul (1096), revision 1370743692, 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.