Certainty: 3 Baldwin of Edessa demanded aid from Baldwin I outside Beirut against a Turkish siege Certainty: 3
1111
Certainty: 2 Huge but unsuccessful attack by Sharaf al-Din Mawdud on the county of Antioch Certainty: 2
1115
Certainty: 2 Tughtakin of Damascus helped forge a coalition against Bursuq Certainty: 2
1119
Certainty: 2 Ilghazi attacked the principality of Antioch Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Preliminary skirmishing & reconnaissance before the battle of the Field of Blood Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Battle of the Field of Blood (general factoids) Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Roger of Antioch & most of his forces killed at the Field of Blood Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Developments before the arrival of Baldwin II
After his victory, Ilghazi checked al-Atharib, then went to Artah, where, under truce, he let the bishop and all his men (lay and clerical) go to Antioch in return for surrendering his tower. He kept his word, save that his escorts robbed the men of all valuables - though priestly robes were later returned. Ilghazi next demanded that Joseph, castellan of Artah, surrender the town to him. Joseph shrewdly proposed instead that Sahenas be sent as Ilghazi's representative in Artah, because Joseph feared for the life of his son (who was at Antioch) if he received Ilghazi himself into Artah; the latter agreed. Ilghazi's drunkenness now made him forget strategic issues and concentrate on sending raiding parties in all directions, collecting quantities of booty. The patriarch Bernard took control in an Antioch now deprived of nearly all Frankish soldiers, using priests and monks for defence, preventing suspect local Christians from bearing arms and submitting them to curfew. He pitched his own tents at the city's weakest point. His energy in reviewing defences and motivating defenders kept up morale till the arrival of Baldwin II. A raiding party from Ilghazi plundered St Symeon and rode to Antioch, killing some Frankish scouts and routing unarmed citizens who opposed them. But the rump of Antiochene troops, despite losing 37 dead, stood firm at the bridge outside the city. When Ilghazi heard of the approach of Baldwin II and Pons, he detached large forces to destroy them with ambushes in the areas of Laodikeia, Mt Parlerius and St Simeon. He was trying to complete the extermination of local Christianity
Certainty: 3 Baldwin II & Pons of Tripoli arrived in Antioch to stabilise the situation after death of Roger Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Second battle of Danith: no victory to either side Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 The fate of Christian prisoners in Aleppo Certainty: 2
1121
Certainty: 3 Defeat by David IV of Georgia of a massive Muslim invasion led by Ilghazi
A sultan of Khorasan made Ilghazi his commander in a massive invasion of Georgia. Georgia was defended by its king, David IV the Builder. His defensive position was heavily wooded, between two hills, he summoned divine aid and had 200 Franks in the van. He at once scattered the invaders at and won a great victory with heavy casualties. Ilghazi barely escaped the battle, and reached home with a few men, escorted by the Arab Dubais, exhausted, unarmed and hungry
1122
Certainty: 2 Joscelin went to protect Antioch from Ilghazi; but the latter died before any battle Certainty: 2