Siege of Jerusalem | |||||||||
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Part of the Crusades | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Khwarazmiyya | Kingdom of Jerusalem | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Qaymar corps[1] Khwarazmians mercenaries | |||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
10,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
6,000 christian civilians were masscered at the Tower of david and only 300 managed to escape to Jaffa | |||||||||
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The siege of Jerusalem of 1244 took place after the Sixth Crusade, when a Khwarazmian army conquered the city on July 15, 1244.[citation needed]