siege, medieval

Siege of Aleppo

Name: Siege of Aleppo
Location: Citadel of Aleppo, Syria

Siege of Aleppo was a siege conducted in AD 977 at Citadel of Aleppo, in what is now Syria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Citadel of Aleppo. The recorded result: Hamdanid victory.

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FoughtAD 977

WhereCitadel of Aleppo, Syria36.199N, 37.163E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeHamdanid victory

BelligerentsBakjur forcesagainstHamdanid dynasty; Banu Kilab

Record

Date	AD 977 (year precision) to AD 977
Place	Citadel of Aleppo, Syria 36.199N, 37.163E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Bakjur	Sa'd al-Dawla of Aleppo

Placed at Citadel of 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, 0.1 km SE
Siege of Aleppo 1260, 0.1 km SE
Siege of Aleppo 1981, 0.1 km SE
Sack of Aleppo AD 962, 1.1 km W
Siege of Aleppo 1124, 1.1 km W

Siege of Aleppo is one of 186 engagements of the 10th century in the atlas and one of 139 in present-day Syria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q141285034, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Aleppo (977), revision 1375836339, 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.