siege, medieval

Siege of Toron

Name: Siege of Toron
Location: Toron, Lebanon

Siege of Toron was a siege conducted in 1197 at Toron, in what is now Lebanon; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Toron. It was part of the Crusade of 1197, which ran from 1197 to 1198. The recorded result: Ayyubid victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought1197ran into the following year

WhereToron, Lebanon33.196N, 35.412E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAyyubid victory

Belligerents17px Holy Roman Empire; 17px Kingdom of Jerusalemagainst22px|border|link Ayyubid Dynasty

Casualties and lossesHeavyandUnknown

Part ofCrusade of 11971197 to 1198

Record

Date	1197 (year precision) to 1198
Place	Toron, Lebanon 33.196N, 35.412E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Unknown
Commanders	Conrad of Querfurt Henry I of Brabant Aimery of Cyprus	Al-Adil I

Placed at Toron; 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

Battles of Malkia 1948, 14 km SE
Battle of Jezzine 1941, 15 km NW
Fall of Beaufort Castle 1268, 18 km NE
Battle of the Beaufort 1982, 18 km NE
Siege of Gush Halav AD 67, 19 km S

In the same war

Before: Battle of Jaffa 1197

Elsewhere in 1197

Battle of Kasahrada India

Siege of Toron is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Lebanon.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q125481232, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Toron, revision 1370745879, 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.