Fall of Turbessel

Fall of Turbessel
Date1151
Location
Turbessel
Result Muslim victory
Belligerents
Zengids
Sultanate of Rum
Artuqids		 Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nur ad-Din Zengi
Mesud I
Kara Arslan		 Manuel I Komnenos
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Fall of Turbessel occurred in 1151 when the Turks seized Turbessel as well as other possessions that Joscelin II had just ceded to the Byzantines.[1][2]

Following the fall of Edessa, Joscelin I] made Turbessel his new capital.[2] He was taken captive by Nur ad-Din Zengi in 1150 and his wife, Beatrice de Saone took over; however, she was forced to cede Turbessel and other possessions to the Byzantines.[2][3]

In the spring of 1151 Nur ad-Din allied with Mesud and invaded the Byzantine territories, joined by Timurtash and Kara Arslan.[1] The Byzantine garrisons were unable to resist the attacks and as a result Timurtash now ruled in Bira, Samosata, Cafersoud, Khourous and Qal’at ar-Rum, Mesud in Aintab and Duluk and Nur ad-Din in Azaz, Cyrrhus, Krak des Chevaliers, Tall-Khalid, Ravendan, Hisn Kerzin and Nahr al-Djauz.[1] As well as Turbessel, Burj-ar-risas and Kafarlatha also fell to the Turks.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Nicholson, Robert Lawrence. Joscelyn III and the Fall of the Crusader States 1134-1199. Netherlands: Brill, 1973.
  2. ^ a b c Eydoux, Henri Paul. "Le château franc de Turbessel." Bulletin Monumental 139, no. 4 (1981): 229-232.
  3. ^ Altan, Ebru. "Nur Al-Din Mahmud B. Zangi (1146-1174): One Of The Prominent Leaders Of The Struggle Against The Crusaders." Tarih Dergisi 59 (2014): 57-78.