Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan
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Ridwan was a Seljuk emir of Aleppo from 1095 until his death.
An 1840 painting by Louis Gallait, depicting the Siege of Antioch by Bohemond I.
A 1840 painting by Merry-Joseph Blondel, depicting Tancred.
Aleppo, and its citadel, where Ridwan resided, in 2008.
Siege of Antioch
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The siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098, on the Crusaders' way to Jerusalem through Syria. Two sieges took place in succession. The Crusaders sieged the city held by
The siege of Antioch, from a 15th-century miniature painting
A 13th-century depiction of Bohemond and Tancred from a manuscript in the care of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
A 14th-century depiction of the crusaders' capture of Antioch from a manuscript in the care of the National Library of the Netherlands
Bohemond and his Norman troops scale the walls of Antioch, in an engraving by Gustave Doré