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The siege of Damascus
24–28 Jul 1148 — the Second Crusade’s kings besiege the one Muslim city friendly to Jerusalem, then retreat in four days for reasons still argued. The fiasco drives Damascus into Nur al-Din’s arms and discredits crusading for a generation.
This is one scene of Chapter 5 — Zengi, Nur al-Din, and the Second Crusade in The Crusades, 1095–1291.
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