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Biza'ah

Biza'ah

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Names
Transliterated Name Source Name
Biza'ah, B'zaah Arabic بزاعة
Beselatha Roman Times
Buza'a Middle Ages
Batnai? Middle Ages
Tell Batnan? Middle Ages
Introduction
History

During the Roman Empire the town was known as Beselatha, which became Buza'a in the Middle Ages.[3]

Medieval era

Located on the road to Aleppo, Bizaah was captured by the Crusaders during several attempts to siege the main city. The first was in early 1119, when Roger of Antioch captured it from the Turkoman prince Ilghazi of Mardin.[4] While the second was in 1138, during the Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos campaign in Syria. It was later captured by the Ayyubid dynasty under the Kurdish ruler Saladin.[5]

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Notes and Further Reading
References

Articles and Books

Runciman (1951) History of the Crusades Vol 2 - can be borrowed with a free account from archive.org - p. 134 mentions that Roger of Salerno captured Biza'ah for the Principality of Antioch in 1118 CE and p. 215 mentions Biza'ah being captured in 1138 during Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos campaign in Syria

Talbert, R. J. A., & Bagnall, R. S. (2000). Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world [Map]. Princeton University Press.

Talbert, R. J. A., & Bagnall, R. S. (2000). Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world [Map-by-map Directory, Volume 1]. Princeton University Press. - can be borrowed with a free account from archive.org

Websites

Batnai at Pleiades

Talbert Database Entry for Bathna at Cambridge University

Wikipedia pages

Biza'ah