Battle of Al-Sannabra (1113)

Also known as Battle of al-Sinnabra

On 28 June 1113, a Seljuk army from Mosul and Damascus under Mawdud and Toghtekin caught Baldwin I's forces by surprise near the al-Sinnabra bridge at the southern end of the Sea of Galilee. The Seljuks lured the Franks across the bridge with a feigned retreat — a textbook Turkish tactic — and then enveloped them. The Crusaders lost 1,000 to 2,000 men, including 30 knights, and Baldwin barely escaped, leaving his royal banner and tent in Seljuk hands. Recognising that he could not afford a second open battle, Baldwin adopted a Fabian strategy of sheltering behind his fortifications and harassing the invader's foraging parties. After weeks of unproductive raiding the Seljuk army withdrew, establishing a defensive doctrine that would shape Crusader responses to invasion for the next seventy years.

Coordinates: 32.7180°, 35.5720°

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