Berjhab
Berjhab ( ar, برجهاب) is a Syrian village located in Ariha Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib Governorate, Idlib. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Berjhab had a population of 619 in the 2004 census. History The region witnessed the Battle of Hab on August 14, 1119. References Sources

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Battle Of Hab
The Battle of Hab ( ar, معركة هاب), also known as the Second Battle of Tell Danith, occurred on August 14, 1119, where a Crusader army commanded by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem won a disputed victory over a Muslim army led by Ilghazi of Mardin since the Muslim army claimed it as a victory also. The battle stabilized the Principality of Antioch, which had suffered a disastrous defeat only weeks before. Baldwin II managed to re-take all of the castles conquered by Ilghazi and prevented him from marching on Antioch. Background On June 28, 1119, Ilghazi's Turco-Syrian army destroyed the Antiochene army at the Battle of Ager Sanguinis. After his great victory, the Muslim leader's army captured a number of strongholds in the Latin principality, but more might have been achieved. "The failure of Il Ghazi to profit from his major victory ... was due not only to his own subsequent and prolonged drunkenness, but to the scattering of his forces in search of plunder." As soon as he ...
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