At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
In Safar 578 AH the Muslims took al-Shaqif, known as Habs Jaldak, which is in the districts of Tiberias. Ibn al-Athir relates that when the Franks learned of Salah al-Din's march from Egypt to Syria, they gathered at al-Karak, and their lands were emptied on the side of Syria. 2
The conquest
Izz al-Din Farrukhshah gathered the armies of Syria and raided the lands of the Franks, plundered Dabburiyya and its surroundings, and took al-Shaqif. The Muslims had suffered great harm from it, so they rejoiced at it. He sent to Salah al-Din with the good news. 3
Connections
- Had participant
- Izz al-Din Farrukhshah
- Occurred at
- Shaqif Arnun (Beaufort)
People and things also explored
The battle of the Ford of Sorrows (Jacob's Ford, 575 AH)· Shaqif Castle handed to the Franks, 638· Baybars takes Jaffa, Beaufort and Antioch, 666· Shaqif Arnun — Beaufort falls· Izz al-Din Farrukhshah· Shaqif Arnun (Beaufort)· Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)· The German King's Campaign and His Drowning
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 110-111
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.110
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.111
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islam.museum contributors. “The capture of Shaqif Habs Jaldak (Beaufort, 578 AH)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/conquest-shaqif-578/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.