Battle of Ramla (1101)

First Battle of Ramla
	Part of the Crusades
	; Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Date	7 September 1101
Location	Ramla
Result	Crusader victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Jerusalem	Fatimid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Baldwin I of Jerusalem	Sa'd al-Dawla al-Qawwasi
Strength
1,160 260 knights; 900 infantry	Modern estimates:; 3,000–5,000; Contemporary sources:; 32,000 11,000 cavalry; 21,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
80 knights killed; 80+ infantry killed	Contemporary sources:; 5,000 killed

The First Battle of Ramla (or Ramleh) took place on 7 September 1101 between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Fatimids of Egypt. The town of Ramla lay on the road from Jerusalem to Ascalon, the latter of which was the largest Fatimid fortress in Palestine. From Ascalon the Fatimid vizier, Al-Afdal Shahanshah, launched almost annual attacks into the newly founded Crusader kingdom from 1099 to 1107. It was thrice the case that the two armies met each other at Ramla.

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