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Fortification of Tyre
Around 1089 Fatimid authorities strengthened coastal defenses and walls at Tyre in Syria against Byzantine naval raids and tensions along the Levanti…
Timeline
- 1089Tyre · TyreThe Fatimid local governor was ordered to reinforce the walls, improve harbor defenses, and increase the garrison, to resist possible raids by the Byzantine fleet and maintain control over the southern stretch of the Syrian coast.
Sources
- The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World — Angeliki E. Laiou and Roy Parviz Mottahedeh (eds.) (2001)