Basarfut

Basarfut was a fortified town situated on Banī-ʻUlaym Mountain in northwestern Syria.[1]

History

In March 1104, Bohemond I of Antioch captured swathes of lands belonging to Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan, including Basarfut.[2][3] In 1118, Geoffrey the White, Lord of Basarfut, was captured by the local tribes of Banī-ʻUlaym and taken as a prisoner to Aleppo.[4] In 1126, Gottfried Blanc of Basarfut was also captured by the forces of the ruler of Aleppo, Badr al-Dawla Suleiman.[5] However, the region which was defended by the Knights Hospitaller,[6] was eventually captured by Nur ad-Din in 1147.[7]

The town was located in the region of modern-day Bazabur,[8] but it became in ruins in the 14th century.[9]

References
  1. Lindsay 2021, p. 166.
  2. Runciman 1987, p. 40.
  3. Asbridge 2000, p. 53.
  4. Asbridge 2000, p. 89.
  5. Röhricht 1898, p. 179.
  6. Riley-Smith 2015, p. 131.
  7. Röhricht 1898, p. 237.
  8. Ross Burns. "Syria historical atlas, sheet 08c—Jebel Zawiya". academia.edu.
  9. "II. Topographie historique". OpenEdition Books (in French).

Sources
  • Asbridge, Thomas S. (2000). The creation of the principality of Antioch, 1098-1130. The Boydell Press. ISBN 9780851156613.
  • Lindsay, James E. (2021). Suleiman Ali Mourad (ed.). Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period. Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 9781624669972.
  • Riley-Smith, Jonathan (2015). Knights of St.John in Jerusalem and Cyprus. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781349152414.
  • Röhricht, Reinhold (1898). Geschichte des königreichs Jerusalem (1100-1291) (in German). University of Wisconsin.
  • Runciman, Steven (1987). A History of the Crusades Volume 2. Cambridge University Press.

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