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AD 1148

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Fighting at Damascus

Ibn Kathir reports that Damascus’s inhabitants fought fiercely against the Franks during their attack in Rabīʿ I AH 543.

Limits: Arabic Wikisource revision 77315; AH 543 heading at the retained file, line 4 and 10, Damascus and month identified at line 16. The excerpt’s subjects are the city's inhabitants and the Franks. Nearby lines 18–20 describe relief forces, withdrawal, and an agreement involving Banyas. The parallel Cologne recensions name Damascus at the retained file, lines 3482,3499–3504 and 3520–3525, but attribute withdrawal to alleged betrayal and princely avarice; they are parallel textual witnesses, not independent chronological confirmation. No troop estimates or disputed weekday are adopted.

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