siege, medieval

Siege of Mosul

Name: Siege of Mosul
Location: Mosul, Iraq

Siege of Mosul was a siege conducted in 1108 at Mosul, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Mosul. The recorded result: Seljuk victory. Recorded strength: strong army against 1,500 cavalry.

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Fought1108

WhereMosul, Iraq36.342N, 43.129E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSeljuk victory

BelligerentsSeljuk Empire; Banu Bursuq; Shah-Armens; Annazids; HadhabanidsagainstEmirate of Mosul

Record

Date	1108 (year precision) to 1108
Place	Mosul, Iraq 36.342N, 43.129E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Territorial change	Mosul returns to the domains of the Sultanate
Strength	strong army	1,500 cavalry
Commanders	Mawdud Sökmen el-Kutbî Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi Husam al-Din Abu'l-Hayja	Bursuq the Great

Placed at Mosul; 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 Mosul 1096, 0.2 km S
Siege of Mosul 1261, 1.0 km S
Battle of Nineveh AD 627, 2.9 km NE
Fall of Nineveh 612 BC, 2.9 km NE
Siege of Mosul 1743, 3.0 km N

Elsewhere in 1108

Siege of Mosul is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q140157518, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mosul (1108), revision 1380734379, 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.