Siege of Tripoli

The storming of the Fatimid city of Tripoli was held by the Crusaders under King Baldwin I of Jerusalem on 12 July 1109.

Siege

Raymond of Toulouse began in 1103 with the siege. He left the fortress Mons Peregrinus build right at the entrance to the peninsula. From the fortress, the Crusaders were able to observe the Muslims exactly. In the fall of 1104 they did under the leadership of their governor Fakhr al -Mulk a failure and put the crusader castle on fire. Raymond died in February 1105 at the burns he had suffered there. After completing a half-hearted peace treaty, both parties lay in wait for the best moment to attack. In March 1108 traveled Fakhr al -Mulk to Baghdad to ask for help the local I. Tapar Seljuk Sultan Muhammad. However, he had no success. When he returned in August, Tripoli was placed under the Fatimids. The Fatimid vizier al - Afdal had promised the residents a huge army of liberation.

Storm over the city

The Christians wanted to take advantage of this power vacuum. While Genoese ships blocking the harbor, the Crusaders were formed, now under Baldwin I, the successor of Raymond Bertrand of Toulouse came to help, to attack. They began to attack the city. After the capitulation of the new governor Sharaf al-Dawla Baldwin secured the inhabitants safe passage, but the Genoese held not as in Acre it and sacked the city.

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The County of Tripoli was founded in the last crusader state in the Levant, but should continue to be the smallest. The Count of Tripoli under stood as a vassal of the King of Jerusalem.