Events at Kafartab during Frankish attack on Damascus
Unit appears in:
IOANNES II (1118-1143)
1129
Summary:
Dates:
1129:
Bohemond II Guiscard, prince of Antioch (
Bohemond 17001
)
Having stopped outside Shayzar on his way to Damascus, he dispatched a detachment of 100 knights from his army to defend Kafartab; later he could not believe it when he was told that Kafartab had been attacked and taken by the Muslims (:)
فجرّد من عسكره مائة فارس انتخبهم وامرهم بالمقام بكفرطاب ... Usama 115