Topic

Marj Ayyun, Battle of

Subject Violence 1179 CE

In the Battle of Marj Ayyun, alternately Marj Ayyoun, an Ayyubid army commanded by Saladin defeats a Crusader army led by King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem on June 10, 1179.

The Christian king, who is crippled by leprosy, narrowly escapes being captured in the rout.