{"slug": "bosra", "label": "Bosra", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosra", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272680", "qid": "Q272680", "description": "town in Daraa, Syria", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [71, 1187], "span_label": ["71 CE", "1187 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Bostra"], "related": [{"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christian-church", "label": "Christian Church", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arabia-petraea", "label": "Arabia Petraea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "nabataean-kingdom", "label": "Nabataean Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "Egypt in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "damascus", "label": "Damascus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-adil-i", "label": "Al-Adil I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christmas", "label": "Christmas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "raymond-iii-of-tripoli", "label": "Raymond III of Tripoli", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "siege", "label": "Siege", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 71, "year_label": "71 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Reign of Rabel II, king of Nabataea. He makes Bostra, Syria, his second capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371185937#Asia", "title": "AD 71", "revid": 1371185937, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 246, "year_label": "246 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The first of two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487663#Roman_Empire", "title": "246", "revid": 1359487663, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 247, "year_label": "247 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The last of the two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371188649#Roman_Empire", "title": "247", "revid": 1371188649, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Bosra: Muslim forces under Khalid besiege the Byzantine and Christian Arab garrison (12,000 men) at Bosra. After a few days the fortress city surrenders; Khalid imposes a payment of tribute on the inhabitants.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Arabia", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 1182, "year_label": "1182 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December", "text": "December – Baldwin IV raids through the Hauran and reaches Bosra, while Raymond III of Tripoli recaptures Habis Jaldak. A few days later, Baldwin sets out with a Crusader force to Damascus and encamps at Dareiya in the suburbs. He decides not to attack the city and retires laden with booty, to spend Christmas at Tyre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362172586#Levant", "title": "1182", "revid": 1362172586, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1187, "year_label": "1187 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Saladin leaves Damascus with his Muslim forces, and sends letters to neighboring countries, asking for volunteers for a forthcoming jihad (\"Holy War\"). A week later his younger brother Al-Adil, governor of Egypt, leads his forces out of Cairo towards Syria. Meanwhile, Saladin leaves an army under his 18-year-old son Al-Afdal at Busra, to keep watch on the 'Pilgrim road'.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369187098#Levant", "title": "1187", "revid": 1369187098, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}]}