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Fall of Saruj
Date1145
Location
Saruj
Result

Zengid victory

  • Zengids capture Saruj
Belligerents
Zengids Remnants of the County of Edessa
Commanders and leaders
Imad al-Din Zengi Unknown
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Fall of Saruj in 1145 saw the main surviving Frankish fortress of Edessa fall to the Zengids.[1]

Following his great victory in the Siege of Edessa in 1144 Imad al-Din Zengi marched towards Saruj, the main surviving fortress of Edessa situated east of the Euphrates.[1][2] The Frankish fortress of Saruj fell to Zengi in January 1145.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Frankopan, Peter., Venning, Timothy. A Chronology of the Crusades. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Runciman, Steven. A History of the Crusades: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. United States: Harper & Row, 1965.
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