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Tarsus Harran
Flanders marches to Artah
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Seleucia (Yaghi-Siyan) -
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Antioch
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Mamistra
Region of Antioch and Aleppo 1097/10
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Cyrrhus
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4- Highlands Azaz
Alexandretta
north of Artah
Darbsak 4 5- Aleppo and Antioch Manbij ♜
asu
♜ Two major cities of northern Syria; they are Qalat al-Najm
Kar
Syrian roughly equal in wealth and power.
Gates
Aleppo has more terriortory, but less good
♜ agricultural land;
2- Iron Bridge
Baghras Aleppo has more more pasture for
The most important f rin
A Turkmens and Bedouins
bridge over the Orantes in 5 Antioch has communication with the sea;
the north. It was strongly Lake
3- Road between Antioch Aleppo is landlocked
fortified with towers. Antioch
Artah
and Aleppo
Onr
ante
1 Aleppo
Antioch s
Iron Harim 3 Aleppo (Ridwan)
2 Bridge
{1095-1113}
4 1- Artah Atharib
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Balis
Jisr
al-Shughur
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Onran
Bourzey
♜
Strategic Situation at Artah 1097/10/
1a- Artah
5- Iron Bridge
The most important
bridge over the Orantes in
the north. It was strongly
fortified with towers.
1 Artah
Orantes
3
5 Iron
Bridge 3- Agricultural land
♜ Artah was situated in large flat fertile floodplain
of the Orantes River.
Ora
nte
s
4
Harim
Or
4- Orantes River 2
an
2-Harim (Harem)
the agricultural floodplains of this area. It flows
Harim was a sister town of Artah, but with a
northwest, then turns southwest toward Antioch.
stronger castle-citadel on built on an ancient tel.
1a- Artah
As far as I am aware, there are no surviving
medieval remains of Artah nor its
RF 2- Robert of Flanders fortifications.
Approaches Artah Artah’s exact location is unknown, but it
{10/14} probably lies underneath in the area of urban
development in the modern city of Reyhanli.
1 Artah
RF
Iron
Bridge
♜
Harim
Or
an
tes
Artah betrayed to Robert by Armenians 1097/10/15
1 Tu Artah
Orantes 2
Iron 3
Bridge
♜
2 - Armenians rebel against Turks {10/15}
3- {10/15} Surviving Turks [AA 3.28c]
flee to Antioch, and give The Armenian citizens … called to mind the injustices which they
warning. had borne from those same Turks … relying on the arrival and support
of the Christian [Crusaders], attacked the Turks and killed them with
Ora the sword's edge, they cut off their heads and threw them from the
nte windows and walls, and, opening the city gates to their Christian
s
brothers, they delivered up a safe entrance by their massacre of the
gentiles, by their throwing out of dead bodies.
Harim
Or
an
tes
Turks gather Reinforcements 1097/10/15
1- {10/15} Robert of
Flanders secures Artah
RF Artah
Orantes
Iron
Bridge
♜
Tu
2 Ora
nte
s
Harim
Or
an
tes
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