siege, medieval

Siege of Damascus

Name: Siege of Damascus
Location: Damascus, Syria

Siege of Damascus was a siege conducted in 1229 at Damascus, in what is now Syria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Damascus. The recorded result: Ayyubid victory.

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Fought1229

WhereDamascus, Syria33.513N, 36.292E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAyyubid victory

BelligerentsAyyubid SultanateagainstEmirate of Damascus

Record

Date	1229 (year precision) to 1229
Place	Damascus, Syria 33.513N, 36.292E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Al-Kāmil Al-Ashraf Musa ibn Adil	Al-Nāṣir Dāʾūd

Placed at Damascus; 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 Damascus AD 634, same recorded site
Siege of Damascus 1078, same recorded site
Siege of Damascus 1148, 0.6 km E
Capture of Damascus 1918, 0.7 km E
Battle of Damascus 1941, 1.6 km SE

Elsewhere in 1229

Siege of Damascus is one of 629 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 139 in present-day Syria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q111182030, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Damascus (1229), revision 1370740570, 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.