Montferrand_(crusader_castle)

Montferrand (crusader castle)

Montferrand (crusader castle)

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Montferrand was a fortress in the County of Tripoli (at the present-day village of Baarin in Syria), built in 1126.

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The construction of Montferrand started when the united crusader troops from Jerusalem, Tripoli and Antioch laid siege to Rafaniya on 13 March 1126.[1] Originally, it was destined to complete the blockade of Rafaniya and to secure the protection of the besiegers.[1] Rafaniya fell to the crusaders on 31 March.[1]

Count Raymond II of Tripoli granted his claims to Montferrand and Rafaniya to the Knights Hospitallers in 1142 to persuade them to make efforts to recapture it.[2] In 1238/9, the Ayyubid emir of Hama, Al-Muzaffar Mahmud, decided to raze the citadel to the ground.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Lewis 2017, p. 101.
  2. [2]
    Barber 2012, p. 166.
  3. [3]
    "Montferrand". orient-latin.com (in French).

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