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Saladin takes the castle of Baʿrīn

ملك صلاح الدين قلعة بعرين

c. 1177 CE · 573 AH

Ba'rin

Saladin took Baʿrīn in Hama's district — a hard castle on the Frankish marches 1.

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1160117011801190 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

Summary

Salah al-Din took the fortress of Barin, in the districts of Hama, one of the strongholds on the borders of Frankish lands. 1

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Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)

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Ending the Ubaydid Khutba and Restoring the Abbasid Khutba in Egypt· the great battle at Acre — the sieges fiercest day· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· The scare over the conjunction of six planets in Libra in 582 AH· The battle of the Ford of Sorrows (Jacob's Ford, 575 AH)· Battle of Arsuf· Battle of Hattin· Battle of Jacob's Ford

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 70
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