siege, medieval

Siege of Aleppo

Name: Siege of Aleppo
Location: Aleppo, Syria

Siege of Aleppo was a siege conducted in 1024 at Aleppo, in what is now Syria; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Aleppo. The recorded result: Banu Kilab victory.

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Fought1024ran into the following year

WhereAleppo, Syria36.200N, 37.160E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBanu Kilab victory

BelligerentsFatimid CaliphateagainstBanu Kilab

Record

Date	1024 (year precision) to 1025
Place	Aleppo, Syria 36.200N, 37.160E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Territorial change	The Banu Kilab tribe (later the Mirdasids) gained control over Aleppo.
Commanders	Thu'ban ibn Muhammad	Salih ibn Mirdas

Placed at Aleppo; 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 Aleppo AD 637, 0.4 km SE
Siege of Aleppo 1260, 0.4 km SE
Siege of Aleppo 1981, 0.4 km SE
Sack of Aleppo AD 962, 0.9 km W
Siege of Aleppo 1124, 0.9 km W

Elsewhere in 1024

Battle of Lemnos Greece

Siege of Aleppo is one of 334 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 139 in present-day Syria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q140672692, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Aleppo (1024–1025), revision 1370738636, 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.