Back حصار عكا (1104) Arabic Belagerung von Akkon (1104) German محاصره عکا (۱۱۰۴) Persian המצור על עכו (1104) HE Assedio di San Giovanni d'Acri (1104) Italian
| Siege of Acre | |||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Jerusalem.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Jerusalem&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Armoiries_G%C3%AAnes.svg){kind=small} Republic of Genoa | Fatimid Caliphate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Baldwin I | Zahr ad-Dawlah al-Juyushi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | According to Christian sources, around 4,000 during the sack of the city alone | ||||||
The siege of Acre took place in May 1104. It was of great importance for the consolidation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which had been founded only a few years earlier. With the help of a Genoese fleet, King Baldwin I (r. 1100–1118) forced the surrender of the important port city after a siege that lasted only twenty days. Although all defenders and residents wishing to leave the city had been assured by the king that they would be free to leave, taking their chattels with them, many of them had been massacred by the Genoese as they left the city. Moreover, the attackers had also sacked the city itself.