Battle of Ramla (1102)

Second Battle of Ramla
Part of the Crusades

Two Hundred Knights Attack Twenty Thousand Saracens. Illustration by Gustave Doré (1877)
Date17 May 1102
Location
Ramla, border line between Crusaders and Fatimids (modern Israel)
Result Fatimid victory
Belligerents
Fatimid Caliphate Kingdom of Jerusalem
Commanders and leaders
Sharaf al-Ma'ali Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Stephen of Blois †
Strength
Modern estimates:
3,000–5,000
Contemporary sources:
20,000		 200 knights
Casualties and losses
Unknown Nearly 200

The Second Battle of Ramla (or Ramleh) took place on 17 May 1102 between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Fatimids of Egypt.

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