Saladin's Hijaz Campaign (1177)

Name: Saladin's Hijaz Campaign (1177)
Start: 1177

Type Event Region Arabian Peninsula Time 1177

In 1177 Saladin launched a campaign to control Mecca and Medina and the pilgrimage routes, asserting Sunni orthodoxy against Zengid remnants and loca…

Timeline

1177Damascus · SyriaSaladin assembled his army in Syria and advanced toward the Hijaz, aiming to control the holy cities and pilgrimage routes and weaken local emirs.
1177Mecca · HijazAyyubid forces entered the Hijaz, defeated or coerced local separatists, took Mecca and Medina under Ayyubid protection, and restored control over pilgrimage order.

Sources

A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Later Crusades, 1189–1311 — Kenneth M. Setton (1969)
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Saladin — Lyons and Jackson (1982)