Crusade Na Farko

Abubuwan da suka haddasa yakin Crusade na farko ana tafka muhawara a tsakanin masana tarihi.A farkon ƙarni na 11 na Turai, tasirin Paparoma ya ragu zuwa na ɗan bishop na gida.Idan aka kwatanta da yammacin Turai, daular Rumawa da duniyar Islama sun kasance cibiyoyi na tarihi na arziki, al'adu da karfin soja.Taguwar ruwa na farko na ƙaura zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya sun haɗa da tarihin Larabawa da Turkawa tun daga karni na 9.Halin da ake ciki a yammacin Asiya ya fuskanci kalubale daga guguwar hijirar Turkiyya daga baya, musamman zuwan Turkawa Seljuk a karni na 10.

A cikin Yuli 1095, Urban ya juya zuwa ƙasarsa ta Faransa don ɗaukar maza don balaguro.Ziyarar tasa ta kai ga taron majalisar Clermont na kwanaki goma, inda a ranar Talata 27 ga watan Nuwamba ya gabatar da wa'azi mai ratsa jiki ga ɗimbin jama'ar Faransawa da limaman coci.Bisa ga wata juzu'in jawabin, taron jama'a masu ɗorewa sun amsa da kukan Deus vult!("Allah ya so!").

Ƙungiyoyi da yawa sun kafa kuma suka jagoranci nasu 'rundunonin' 'dakaru' (ko gungun mutane) kuma suka nufi ƙasa mai tsarki ta hanyar Balkans.Wani malami mai kwarjini kuma mai magana mai karfi mai suna Peter the Hermit na Amiens shine jagoran ruhaniya na motsi.Bitrus ya tara sojojinsa a Cologne a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1096. Haka nan kuma akwai jarumai da yawa a cikin manoma, ciki har da Walter Sans Avoir, wanda shi ne mukaddashin Peter kuma ya jagoranci wata runduna ta daban.

A wani mataki na gida, wa'azin Crusade na Farko ya kunna kashe-kashen Rhineland da aka yi wa Yahudawa, wanda wasu masana tarihi suka ɗauka "Holocaust na farko".A karshen shekara ta 1095 da kuma farkon shekara ta 1096, watanni kafin tafiyar da yakin ‘yan tawaye a watan Agusta, an kai hare-hare kan al’ummar Yahudawa a Faransa da Jamus.A cikin Mayu 1096, Emicho na Flonheim (wani lokaci ba daidai ba da aka sani da Emicho na Leiningen) ya kai hari ga Yahudawa a Speyer da Worms.Sauran 'yan Salibiyya da ba na hukuma ba daga Swabia, karkashin jagorancin Hartmann na Dillingen, tare da Faransanci, Ingilishi, Lotharingian da Flemish masu aikin sa kai, karkashin Drogo na Nesle da William kafinta, da kuma yawancin mazauna yankin, sun shiga Emicho wajen lalata al'ummar Yahudawa na Mainz. a karshen watan Mayu.A Mainz, wata Bayahudiya ta kashe ‘ya’yanta maimakon ta ga an kashe su;Babban malamin, Kalonymus Ben Meshullam, ya kashe kansa da tsammanin kashe shi. Kamfanin Emicho ya wuce zuwa Cologne, wasu kuma suka ci gaba zuwa Trier, Metz, da sauran garuruwa.Wataƙila Bitrus Mai Izala yana da hannu wajen cin zarafi da Yahudawa, kuma sojojin da wani firist mai suna Folkmar ya ja-gorance shi ya kai wa Yahudawa hari a gabas da ke Bohemia.

Tafiya zuwa Constantinople ta fara cikin lumana amma ta gamu da wasu rikice-rikice a Hungary, Serbia, Nis.Sarki Coloman wanda ya koyi, ya fuskanci matsalolin da sojojin Crusade na farko suka haifar a lokacin tattakin da suka yi a kasar Hungary zuwa kasa mai tsarki a shekara ta 1096. Ya yi galaba a kan tare da kashe gungun 'yan Salibiyya guda biyu don hana su kai farmaki a Masarautar Hungary .Sojojin Emicho sun ci gaba da shiga cikin Hungary amma sojojin Coloman sun ci nasara.Mabiyan Emicho sun watse;Wasu daga ƙarshe sun shiga manyan runduna, kodayake Emicho da kansa ya tafi gida.

Walter Sans Avoir, wasu 'yan Salibiyya na Faransa dubu ne suka bar gaban Peter suka isa kasar Hungary a ranar 8 ga Mayu, inda suka ratsa ta Hungary ba tare da wata matsala ba suka isa kogin Sava da ke kan iyakar yankin Rumawa a Belgrade.Kwamandan Belgrade ya cika da mamaki, ba tare da wani umarni kan abin da zai yi da su ba, kuma ya ki shiga, lamarin da ya tilasta wa ‘yan Salibiyya yin awon gaba da karkara domin neman abinci.Wannan ya haifar da arangama da sansanin sojojin Belgrade kuma, abin da ya kara dagula al'amura, mutanen Walter goma sha shida sun yi yunkurin yin fashi a wata kasuwa a Zemun a hayin kogin kasar Hungary kuma an kwace musu makamai da tufafin da aka rataye a bangon katangar.

A garin Zemun, ‘yan Salibiyya sun shiga shakku, ganin irin sulke guda goma sha shida na Walter a rataye a jikin bango, daga karshe dai takaddamar farashin takalmi a kasuwa ya haifar da tarzoma, wanda daga bisani ya koma wani hari na bai daya. birnin 'yan Salibiyya, inda aka kashe 'yan kasar Hungary 4,000.Daga nan ne ‘yan Salibiyya suka gudu suka haye kogin Sava zuwa Belgrade, amma sai bayan sun yi artabu da sojojin Belgrade.Mazauna birnin Belgrade sun gudu, kuma 'yan Salibiyya sun yi awon gaba da kona birnin.

Sannan suka yi tattaki na tsawon kwanaki bakwai, inda suka isa Niš a ranar 3 ga Yuli.A can, kwamandan Niš ya yi alkawarin ba da rakiyar sojojin Bitrus zuwa Konstantinoful da abinci, idan zai tafi nan da nan.Bitrus ya wajabta, kuma da safe ya tashi.Sai dai wasu 'yan kasar Jamus sun samu sabani da wasu mazauna yankin a kan hanyar, inda suka kona wata injin nika, lamarin da ya yi kamari daga hannun Peter har sai da Niš ya aika da dakarunsa gaba daya a kan 'yan Salibiyya.An fatattaki 'yan ta'addan gaba daya, sun yi asarar kusan 10,000 (kashi hudu na adadinsu), sauran sun kara taruwa a Bela Palanka.Lokacin da suka isa Sofia a ranar 12 ga Yuli, sun haɗu da rakiyar Rumawa, wanda ya kawo su lafiya zuwa sauran hanyar zuwa Konstantinoful a ranar 1 ga Agusta.

Sun isa Konstantinoful a ranar 1 ga Agusta.Sarkin Byzantine Alexius I Comnenus , ba tare da sanin abin da zai yi da irin wannan sabon abu da kuma "dakaru" ba, da sauri ya kwashe dukkan 30,000 a cikin Bosporus zuwa 6 ga Agusta.Alexius ya gargadi Bitrus da cewa kada ya shiga cikin Turkawa, wadanda ya yi imanin cewa sun fi sojojin mayaƙan Bitrus, kuma su jira babban ƙungiyar 'yan Salibiyya da ke kan hanya.

Turawan Faransa sun sake haɗa Peter a ƙarƙashin Walter Sans-Avoir da kuma wasu ƙungiyoyin ƴan Salibiyya na Italiya waɗanda suka zo a lokaci guda.Da suka isa Asiya Ƙarama, sai suka fara ƙwace garuruwa da ƙauyuka, har suka isa Nicomedia, inda gardama ta barke tsakanin Jamusawa da Italiyawa a gefe ɗaya da kuma Faransawa a gefe.Jamusawa da Italiya sun rabu kuma suka zaɓi sabon shugaba, ɗan Italiyanci mai suna Rainald, yayin da Faransanci, Geoffrey Burel ya ɗauki umarni.Bitrus ya rasa iko da yaƙin ƴan tawaye yadda ya kamata.

Komawa a babban sansanin 'yan Salibiyya, 'yan leken asirin Turkiyya biyu sun yada jita-jita cewa Jamusawan da suka kwashi Xerigordos suma sun dauki Nicaea, abin da ya sanya farin cikin isa wurin da wuri don shiga cikin fashin.Nisan mil uku daga sansanin, inda hanyar ta shiga cikin wani kunkuntar kwari mai katako kusa da kauyen Dracon, sojojin Turkiyya suna jira.A lokacin da suke gabatowa kwarin, 'yan Salibiyya sun yi ta tafiya cikin hayaniya kuma nan da nan aka yi musu ƙanƙarar kibau.Firgici ya tashi nan da nan kuma a cikin mintuna kaɗan, sojojin sun ci gaba da komowa sansanin.An kashe akasarin ‘yan Salibiyya;duk da haka, an kubutar da mata, yara, da wadanda suka mika wuya.Daga karshe dai Rumawa karkashin Constantine Katakalon suka tashi tare da tayar da kewayen;wadannan 'yan dubun sun koma Konstantinoful, wadanda kawai suka tsira daga yakin Crusade na Jama'a.

Manyan rundunonin ‘yan Salibiyya guda huɗu sun bar Turai a daidai lokacin da aka kayyade a watan Agusta 1096. Sun bi hanyoyi dabam-dabam zuwa Konstantinoful kuma suka taru a wajen bangon birninta tsakanin Nuwamba 1096 da Afrilu 1097. Girman dukan sojojin ‘yan Salibiyya yana da wuyar ƙididdigewa.Sarakunan sun isa Konstantinoful tare da abinci kaɗan da abubuwan da ake tsammani da taimako daga Alexios.Alexios ya kasance mai shakku bayan abubuwan da ya fuskanta game da Crusade na Jama'a, da kuma saboda maƙarƙan sun haɗa da tsohon abokin gaba na Norman, Bohemond, wanda ya mamaye yankin Byzantine a lokuta da yawa tare da mahaifinsa, Robert Guiscard, kuma yana iya yin ƙoƙari ya shirya wani hari a kan. Konstantinoful yayin da ya yi sansani a wajen birnin.Ƙila 'yan Salibiyya sun yi tsammanin Alexios zai zama shugabansu, amma ba shi da sha'awar shiga su, kuma ya fi damuwa da jigilar su zuwa Asiya Ƙarama da sauri.Domin neman abinci da kayayyaki, Alexios ya bukaci shugabannin da su rantse masa da alkwarin komawa daular Rumawa duk wata kasa da aka kwato daga hannun Turkawa.Kafin tabbatar da cewa an rufe rundunonin sojoji daban-daban a duk fadin Bosporus, Alexios ya shawarci shugabannin kan yadda ya fi dacewa su tunkarisojojin Seljuq da za su ci karo da su nan ba da jimawa ba.

'Yan Salibiyya sun fara barin Constantinople a ƙarshen Afrilu 1097. Godfrey na Bouillon shine farkon wanda ya isa Nicaea, tare da Bohemond na Taranto, ɗan ɗan Bohemond Tancred, Raymond IV na Toulouse, da Robert II na Flanders suna biye da shi, tare da Peter the Hermit da wasu daga cikin wadanda suka tsira daga yakin Crusade na Jama'a, da kuma wani karamin sojojin Byzantine karkashin Manuel Boutoumites.Sun isa ne a ranar 6 ga Mayu, da ƙarancin abinci, amma Bohemond ya shirya a kawo abinci ta ƙasa da ta ruwa.Tun daga ranar 14 ga watan Mayu ne suka sanya birnin suka yi wa birnin kawanya, inda suka tura dakarunsu zuwa sassa daban-daban na bangon, wanda ke da kariyar kariya da hasumiya 200.Bohemond ya yi zango a gefen arewa na birnin, Godfrey a kudu, da Raymond da Adhemar na Le Puy a ƙofar gabas.A ranar 16 ga watan Mayu masu tsaron bayan Turkiyya sun yi yunƙurin kai farmaki kan 'yan Salibiyya, ammaTurkawa sun sha kashi a fafatawar da suka yi da asarar mutane 200.Turkawa sun aike da sako zuwa ga Kilij Arslan suna rokonsa da ya dawo, kuma da ya fahimci karfin mayakan ‘yan Salibiyya sai ya juya baya da sauri.Sojojin da ke karkashin Raymond da Robert II na Flanders sun yi galaba a wani bangare na gaba a ranar 20 ga Mayu, kuma a ranar 21 ga Mayu sojojin 'yan Salibiyya sun yi galaba a kan Kilij a fafatawar da ta dauki tsawon dare.Asara ta yi yawa daga bangarorin biyu, amma a karshe Sarkin ya ja da baya duk da rokon da Turkawa Nicae suka yi.Sauran 'yan Salibiyya sun isa cikin sauran watan Mayu, tare da Robert Curthose da Stephen na Blois sun isa a farkon watan Yuni.A halin yanzu, Raymond da Adhemar sun gina wani babban injin kewaye, wanda aka naɗe shi har zuwa Hasumiyar Gonatas don haɗa masu tsaron kan bango yayin da masu hakar ma'adinai ke hako hasumiya daga ƙasa.Hasumiyar ta lalace amma babu wani ci gaba da aka samu.Sarkin Byzantine Alexios I ya zaɓi kada ya raka 'yan Salibiyya, amma ya bi bayansu ya yi sansani a Pelecanum kusa.Daga nan ne ya aika da jiragen ruwa, suna birgima a kan kasa, don taimaka wa ‘yan Salibiyya da suka killace tafkin Ascanius, wanda har zuwa wannan lokacin Turkawa suke amfani da shi wajen wadata Nicaea da abinci.Jiragen ruwan sun isa ne a ranar 17 ga watan Yuni, karkashin jagorancin Manuel Boutoumites.An kuma aika Janar Tatikios, tare da sojojin ƙafa 2,000.Alexios ya umurci Boutoumites da su yi shawarwari a asirce na mika wuya ga birnin ba tare da sanin 'yan Salibiyya ba.An umurci Tatikios da ya hada kai da ‘yan Salibiyya ya kai farmaki kan bangon kai tsaye, yayin da ‘yan Boutoum su kan yi kamar suna yin haka don a ga kamar Rumawa ne suka kwace birnin a yaki.An yi haka, kuma a ranar 19 ga watan Yuni Turkawa suka mika wuya ga Boutoumites.Sa’ad da ‘yan Salibiyya suka gano abin da Alexios ya yi, sai suka fusata sosai, domin sun yi begen su wawashe birnin don kuɗi da kuma kayayyaki.Boutoumites, duk da haka, an kira sunan dux na Nicaea kuma ya hana 'yan Salibiyya shiga cikin kungiyoyi fiye da maza 10 a lokaci guda.Boutoumites sun kuma kori Janar-Janar na Turkiyya, wadanda ya dauka a matsayin marasa amana.Iyalin Kilij Arslan sun tafi Konstantinoful kuma a ƙarshe an sake su ba tare da fansa ba.Alexios ya bai wa ’yan Salibiyya kuɗi, dawakai, da sauran kyaututtuka, amma ‘yan Salibiyya ba su ji daɗin hakan ba, suna ganin za su iya samun ma fiye da haka idan sun kama Nicaea da kansu.Boutoumites ba za su bar su su tafi ba har sai sun yi rantsuwa da Alexios na vassalage, idan ba su yi haka ba tukuna a Constantinople.Kamar yadda ya kasance a cikin Constantinople, Tancred da farko ya ƙi, amma a ƙarshe ya ba da izini.'Yan Salibiyya sun bar Nicaea a ranar 26 ga Yuni a cikin runduna biyu: Bohemond, Tancred, Robert II na Flanders, da Tatikios a cikin masu tsaron gida, da Godfrey, Baldwin na Boulogne, Stephen, da Hugh na Vermandois a baya.An umurci Tatikios da ya tabbatar da mayar da garuruwan da aka kama zuwa daular.Hankalinsu ya tashi sosai, kuma Istafanus ya rubuta wa matarsa ​​Adela cewa suna tsammanin za su kasance a Urushalima nan da makonni biyar.

'Yan Salibiyya sun bar Nicaea a ranar 26 ga Yuni 1097, tare da tsananin rashin amincewa da Rumawa, waɗanda suka mamaye birnin ba tare da saninsu ba bayan dogon kewayen Nicaea.Domin a sauƙaƙa matsalar kayayyaki, rundunar 'yan Salibiyya ta rabu gida biyu;Mai rauni wanda Bohemond na Taranto ya jagoranta, da ɗan'uwansa Tancred, Robert Curthose, Robert na Flanders, da Janar Tatikios na Byzantine a cikin vanguard, da Godfrey na Bouillon, ɗan'uwansa Baldwin na Boulogne, Raymond IV na Toulouse, Stephen II na Blois, da Hugh na Vermandois a baya.A ranar 29 ga watan Yuni, sun sami labarin cewa Turkawa na shirin yin kwanton bauna a kusa da Dorylaeum (Bohemond ya lura cewa 'yan leken asirin Turkiyya suna inuwar sojojinsa).Dakarun Turkiyya da suka hada da Kilij Arslan da abokinsa Hasan na Kapadokiya tare da taimakon sojojin Denmark karkashin jagorancin yarima Gazi Gümüshtigin na Turkiyya.Alkalumman zamani sun nuna adadin Turkawa tsakanin 25,000-30,000, tare da kiyasi na baya-bayan nan tsakanin maza 6,000 zuwa 8,000.Yakin Dorylaeum ya faru ne a lokacin yakin Crusade na farko a ranar 1 ga Yulin 1097, tsakanin Turkawa Seljuk da 'yan Salibiyya, kusa da birnin Dorylaeum na Anatoliya.Duk da cewa dakarun Turkiyya na Kilij Arslan sun kusan lalata tawagar 'yan Salibiyya na Bohemond, sauran 'yan Salibiyya sun isa a daidai lokacin da suka samu nasara sosai.Hakika ‘yan Salibiyya sun yi arziki, a kalla na dan lokaci kadan, bayan sun kwace taskar Kilij Arslan.Turkawa sun gudu kuma Arslan ya juya ga wasu damuwa a yankinsa na gabas.

Bayan Yaƙin Dorylaeum, an ƙyale 'yan Salibiyya su yi tafiya kusan ba tare da hamayya ba ta Anatoliya a kan hanyarsu ta zuwa Antakiya.Sai da aka shafe kusan watanni uku ana tsallakawa yankin Anatoliya cikin zafin rana, kuma a watan Oktoba suka fara kewaye Antakiya.'Yan Salibiyya sun isa wajen birnin a ranar 21 ga watan Oktoba inda suka fara kawanya.Rundunar sojojin ta yi nasara a ranar 29 ga Disamba.Bayan kwashe kayan abinci da ke kewaye da shi, an tilastawa mayakan sa-in-sa su duba can nesa don neman kayayyaki, inda suka bude kansu domin yin kwanton bauna.

Yayin da manyan sojojin 'yan Salibiyya ke tafiya a fadin Asiya Ƙarama a cikin 1097, Baldwin da Norman Tancred sun kaddamar da wani balaguro na dabam a kan Kilicia .Tancred yayi kokarin kama Tarsus a watan Satumba, amma Baldwin ya tilasta masa barin ta, wanda ya haifar da rikici mai dorewa a tsakaninsu.Baldwin ya kwace muhimman kagara a kasashen da ke yammacin Euphrates tare da taimakon Armeniyawa na gida.Ubangijin Edessa na Armeniya, Thoros, ya aika da wakilai-Bishop na Edessa na Armeniya da manyan ƴan ƙasa goma sha biyu-zuwa Baldwin a farkon 1098, suna neman taimakonsa akan sarakunan Seljuqs na kusa.Da yake shi ne gari na farko da ya koma Kiristanci, Edessa ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a tarihin Kiristanci.Baldwin ya tafi Edessa a farkon watan Fabrairu, amma sojojin da Balduk, sarkin Samosata, ko Bagrat ya aiko sun hana shi haye Kogin Yufiretis.Yunkurinsa na biyu ya yi nasara kuma ya isa Edessa a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu.Baldwin ba ya so ya bauta wa Thoros a matsayin ɗan haya.Mutanen Armeniya sun ji tsoron cewa yana shirin barin garin, don haka suka lallashi Thoros ya karbe shi.Dakaru daga Edessa suka ƙarfafa Baldwin, ya kai hari a yankin Balduk kuma ya sanya sansanin soja a wani ƙaramin kagara kusa da Samosata.Ba kamar yawancin Armeniyawa ba, Thoros ya bi Cocin Orthodox, wanda ya sa shi ba shi da farin jini a cikin batutuwansa na Monophysite.Ba da daɗewa ba bayan dawowar Baldwin daga yaƙin neman zaɓe, manyan mutane na gida sun fara yin makirci a kan Thoros, mai yiwuwa tare da yardar Baldwin (kamar yadda marubucin tarihin zamani Matthew na Edessa ya bayyana).Rikici ya barke a garin, lamarin da ya tilasta wa Thoros mafaka a cikin kagara.Baldwin ya yi alkawarin cewa zai ceci mahaifinsa na renonsa, amma lokacin da masu tarzomar suka shiga cikin kagara a ranar 9 ga Maris suka kashe Thoros da matarsa, bai yi wani abu da ya taimaka musu ba.Kashegari, bayan mutanen garin sun yarda Baldwin a matsayin sarkinsu (ko doux), ya ɗauki taken Count of Edessa, don haka ya kafa ƙasar Crusader ta farko.Don ƙarfafa mulkinsa, Baldwin da mijinta ya mutu ya auri ɗiyar mai mulkin Armeniya (wanda a yanzu ake kira Arda).Ya ba wa manyan sojojin 'yan Salibiyya abinci a lokacin da suka kewaye Antakiya.Ya kare Edessa a kan Kerbogha, gwamnan Mosul, na tsawon makonni uku, inda ya hana shi isa Antakiya kafin 'yan Salibiyya su kame ta.

Bohemond ya rinjayi sauran shugabannin cewa idan Antakiya ta fadi zai ajiye wa kansa kuma wani kwamandan Armeniya na wani sashe na ganuwar garuruwan ya amince ya baiwa 'yan Salibiyya damar shiga.Stephen na Blois ya kasance abokin hamayyarsa kawai kuma yayin da yake watsi da sakonsa ga Alexius cewa dalilin ya ɓace ya rinjayi Sarkin sarakuna ya dakatar da ci gaba ta hanyar Anatolia a Philomelium kafin ya koma Konstantinoful.Bohemond ya yi amfani da gazawar Alexius don isa ga kewayen don tabbatar da ƙin mayar da birnin ga Daular kamar yadda ya yi alkawari.Dan kasar Armeniya, Firouz, ya taimaka wa Bohemond da wata ‘yar karamar jam’iyya ta shiga birnin a ranar 2 ga watan Yuni, inda suka bude wata kofa inda aka busa kaho, Kiristocin da ke da rinjaye a birnin suka bude sauran kofofin, sannan ‘yan Salibiyya suka shiga.A cikin buhun sun kashe mafi yawan al’ummar Musulmi da Kiristocin Girka da Siriyawa da Armeniyawa da dama a cikin rudani.

’Yan kawayen sun zama wawaye.A ranar 4 ga watan Yuni masu gadin sojojin Kerbogha 40,000 masu ƙarfi sun isa kewaye da Franks.Daga ranar 10 ga watan Yuni na tsawon kwanaki 4 igiyar ruwa na mutanen Kerbogha sun kai hari kan ganuwar birnin tun daga wayewar gari har zuwa faduwar rana.Bohemond da Adhemar sun hana ƙofofin birnin don hana ɓarkewar jama'a kuma sun sami nasarar hana su.Daga nan Kerbogha ya canza dabara zuwa kokarin kashe 'yan Salibiyya daga yunwa.

Morale a cikin birnin ya yi ƙasa da ƙasa kuma shan kashi ya yi gabatowa amma wani mai hangen nesa mai suna Peter Bartholomew ya yi iƙirarin cewa manzo St Andrew ya zo wurinsa don ya nuna wurin da Lance Mai Tsarki yake wanda ya soke Kristi a kan giciye.Wannan da ake kyautata zaton ya karfafa gwiwar 'yan Salibiyya amma asusun yana yaudara domin makonni biyu kafin a yi yakin karshe na birnin.A ranar 24 ga Yuni Franks sun nemi sharuɗɗan mika wuya da aka ƙi.A ranar 28 ga Yuni 1098 da wayewar gari Franks suka fita daga cikin birni cikin ƙungiyoyi huɗu na yaƙi don faɗa da abokan gaba.Kerbogha ya ba su damar tura su da nufin halaka su a fili.Sai dai kuma tarbiyyar sojojin musulmi ba ta yi tasiri ba, sai aka fara kai hare-haren ta'addanci.Bayan da suka gaza cin galaba a kan wata runduna da ta tarwatsa, sun zarta musulmi biyu zuwa daya da suka kai farmaki kan kofar Gada, suka tsere ta babban rundunar sojojin musulmi da ke gaba.Da ƴan raunata sojojin musulmi suka karye suka gudu daga yaƙin.

'Yan Salibiyya sun isa birnin Kudus, wanda Fatimids suka kwato daga Seljuqs a shekarar da ta gabata, a ranar 7 ga watan Yuni.'Yan Salibiyya da yawa sun yi kuka da ganin birnin da suka yi tafiya mai nisa don isa.Gwamnan Fatimi Iftikhar al-Dawla ya shiryawa garin domin a killace garin a daidai lokacin da ya samu labarin zuwan ‘yan Salibiyya.Ya shirya manyan sojojin dawakai naMasar 400 kuma ya kori Kiristocin gabas daga birnin saboda tsoron cin amana daga gare su (a cikin kewayen Antakiya, wani ɗan Armeniya mai suna Firoz ya taimaka wa ’yan Salibiyya shiga birnin ta hanyar buɗe ƙofa).Don kara dagula al'amura ga 'yan Salibiyya, ad-Daula ya sanya guba ko kuma ya binne dukkan rijiyoyin ruwa, tare da sare duk itatuwan da ke wajen Kudus.A ranar 7 ga watan Yunin 1099, 'yan Salibiyya sun isa wajen katangar birnin Kudus, wanda Fatimidiyawa suka kwato daga Seljuqs a shekarar da ta gabata.An tsare birnin da katangar tsaro mai tsawon kilomita 4, kaurin mita 3 da tsayin mita 15, akwai manyan kofofi guda biyar kowacce da hasumiya guda biyu.'Yan Salibiyya sun raba kansu zuwa manyan kungiyoyi biyu - Godfrey na Bouillon, Robert na Flanders da Tancred sun shirya kewayewa daga arewa yayin da Raymond na Toulouse ya sanya sojojinsa a kudu.

Wasu ƙananan jiragen ruwa na Genoese da na Ingila sun isa tashar jiragen ruwa na Jaffa suna kawo kayayyaki masu mahimmanci don kewaye da makamai ga 'yan Salibiyya na farko a Urushalima.Ma'aikatan jirgin na Genoese sun kawo dukkan kayan aikin da ake bukata don gina kayan aikin kewaye.

Robert na Normandy da Robert na Flanders sun sayi katako daga dazuzzukan da ke kusa.A karkashin jagorancin Guglielmo Embriaco da Gaston na Béarn, 'yan Salibiyya sun fara kera makaman da suka yi wa kawanya.Sun gina mafi kyawun kayan yaƙi na ƙarni na 11 a cikin kusan makonni 3.Wannan ya haɗa da: manyan hasumiyai 2 masu ɗaure da ƙafafu, ƙwanƙwasa mai ƙorafi tare da kai mai ƙarfe, tsani da yawa da kuma jerin allo mai ɗaukar hoto.A gefe guda kuma Fatimids sun sa ido a kan shirye-shiryen da Franks suka yi kuma sun kafa mangon su a bango a cikin filin harbi da zarar an fara kai farmaki.An kammala shirye-shiryen da 'yan Salibiyya suka yi.

A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1099, 'yan Salibiyya suka kaddamar da farmaki, Godfrey da abokansa sun kasance a kan bangon Arewa na Kudus, abin da suka fi dacewa shi ne karya labulen bangon Urushalima.A karshen ranar sun shiga layin farko na tsaro.Akan Kudu Raymond's (na Toulouse) sojojin sun gamu da mugun juriya daga Fatimids .A ranar 15 ga watan Yuli aka fara kai hare-hare a yankin Arewa, Godfrey da abokansa sun samu nasara kuma dan gwagwarmaya Ludolf na Tournai shi ne ya fara hawa katangar.Da sauri Franks suka sami gindin zama a bangon, kuma yayin da tsaron birnin ya ruguje, firgici ya girgiza Fatimids.

'Yan Salibiyya sun shiga cikin birnin ta hasumiyar Dauda kuma tarihi ya shaida daya daga cikin mafi zubar da jini.'Yan Salibiyya sun kashe duk wani mazauna birnin (Urusalima), musulmi da yahudawa baki daya.

A ranar 22 ga Yuli, an gudanar da majalisa a cikin Cocin Holy Sepulcher don kafa mulki ga Urushalima.Godfrey na Bouillon (wanda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cin nasara a cikin birni) an sanya shi Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri ("mai ba da shawara" ko "mai kare Kabari Mai Tsarki").

Yaƙin Ascalon ya faru ne a ranar 12 ga Agusta 1099 jim kaɗan bayan kama Urushalima, kuma galibi ana ɗaukar matakin ƙarshe na Crusade na farko.Sojojin 'yan Salibiyya karkashin jagorancin Godfrey na Bouillon sun fatattaki sojojin Fatimid tare da fatattakar su, tare da tabbatar da tsaron birnin Kudus.

Yawancin 'yan Salibiyya yanzu sun yi la'akari da aikin hajjin nasu ya cika kuma sun koma gida.Runduna 300 da sojoji 2,000 ne kawai suka rage don kare Falasdinu.Dangantaka tsakanin sabbin jihohin Crusader da aka kirkira na gundumar Edessa da Masarautar Antakiya sun bambanta.Franks sun tsunduma cikin harkokin siyasar Gabas ta Tsakiya ta yadda Musulmi da Kirista sukan yi fada da juna.Fadada yankin Antakiya ya ƙare a shekara ta 1119 tare da babban shan kashi ga Turkawa a yakin Ager Sanguini, Filin Jini.