Siege of al-Shughur | |||||||
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Part of The Crusades | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ayyubid Sultanate | Principality of Antioch | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Saladin | Bohemond III of Antioch | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The siege of al-Shughur took place in August 1188 between the Ayyubid Sultanate led by Saladin and the Principality of Antioch, who held modern-day Jisr al-Shughur. Saladin captured the two forts, Shughr-Bakas, lying there.