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Siege of Tripoli

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1102–1109

In 1109, remnants of the First Crusade, after years of standoff with Seljuk forces, besieged Tripoli on the Lebanese coast;…

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  1. 1102–1108Outside Tripoli · LebanonRaymond built the castle of 'Pilgrim's Hill' outside Tripoli and established a siege camp, joining with the Genoese fleet to blockade the port and cut the garrison's maritime supply lines to the Fatimid Caliphate; the siege lasted several years.
  2. 1109Tripoli · LebanonThe garrison, worn down by the long siege and with no hope of relief, surrendered, and Tripoli fell to the Crusaders. Raymond soon died of illness; his son inherited and formally established the County of Tripoli, the fourth Latin Christian state on the Levantine coast.

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