Illustration of the Battle for Antioch
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Seljuk Turks had conquered Antioch, a strategically important city, in 1087 and the The First Crusade besieged it in 1097. Located in the mountainous region of Orontes, Antioch had never been captured by any means other than treachery and was so large that the Crusader army was unable to completely surround it. Bohemond conspired with Firouz, an Aremenian convert to Islam and captain of the guard, to allow the Crusaders access to the Tower of the Two Sisters and thus through treachery Crusaders take Antioch.
