Robert the Leper

[6] Robert must have possessed Zardana when he granted a nearby village, Merdic (identified as Mardikh in Syria), to the Abbey of Our Lady of Josaphat in 1114.

[4] Usama recorded that Robert was befriended by atabeg (or regent) of Damascus, Toghtekin, and they agreed not to attack each other's lands.

[10] Toghtekin and the Artuqid emir, Ilghazi, made an alliance with Roger and promised to lead reinforcements to him.

[10] Robert accompanied Ilghazi to Apamea where the crusader troops and their Muslim allies were assembling.

[13] Since Roger died fighting in the battlefield, Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Pons of Tripoli hurried to Antioch in July to defend the principality.

[18] On 14 August, Baldwin II led the Frankish army to retrieve the lost lands to Muslims, as Robert protected the left flank.

The two armies met at the Battle of Hab, in which Robert overcame the force opposed to him,[19] then he hurried to Zardana, but he fell off his horse and was captured by Ilghazi's troops.

Ruined towers made of stone
Ruins of the fortress of Saone