siege, medieval

Siege of Tripoli

Name: Siege of Tripoli
Location: Tripoli, Lebanon

Siege of Tripoli was a siege conducted in AD 975 at Tripoli, in what is now Lebanon. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Tripoli. It was part of Q48725085. The recorded result: Fatimid victory.

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FoughtAD 975

WhereTripoli, Lebanon34.437N, 35.834E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeFatimid victory

BelligerentsByzantine EmpireagainstFatimid Caliphate

Casualties and lossesHeavyandUnknown

Part ofQ48725085

Record

Date	AD 975 (year precision) to AD 975
Place	Tripoli, Lebanon 34.437N, 35.834E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Unknown
Commanders	John I Tzimiskes	Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah

Placed at Tripoli; 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 Tripoli 1271, 0.4 km S
Siege of Tripoli 1102, 1.0 km SE
Battle of Qnat 1980, 21 km S
Siege of Arqa 1099, 22 km NE
Fall of Ruad 1302, 47 km N

Elsewhere in AD 975

Battle of Estercuel Spain

Siege of Tripoli is one of 167 engagements of the 10th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Lebanon.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q140298936, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tripoli (975), revision 1371173376, 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.