Krak des Chevaliers, Arabic wɔsan frɛ no Hisn al-Akrad ( Arabic , lit. ‘ Kurdfo Abannennen ' ) na kan no na wɔfrɛ no Crac de l’Ospital; Krak des Chevaliers anaa Crac des Chevaliers ( French pronunciation: ​ kʁak de ʃ(ə)valje] ), yɛ mfinimfini mmere mu abankɛse bi a ɛwɔ Syria na ɛyɛ mfinimfini mmere mu abankɛse a wɔakora so a ɛho hia sen biara wɔ wiase no mu biako. Wodii kan traa beae hɔ wɔ afe a ɛto so 11 mu afeha no mu no Kurd asraafo a Mirdasidfo a wɔwɛn wɔn wɔ hɔ no yɛe . Wɔ 1142 mu no Raymond II, Count of Tripoli na ɔde maa Knights Hospitaller no ahyɛde . Ɛkɔɔ so traa wɔn nsam kosii sɛ ɛhwee ase wɔ 1271 mu.

Ayaresabea adwumayɛfo no fii ase san sii abankɛse no wɔ 1140 mfe no mu na wowiee wɔ afe 1170 mu bere a asasewosow sɛee abankɛse no. Na nhyehyɛe no di abankɛse dodow bi a ɛwɔ Tripoli Mantam a wɔde sii hɔ wɔ Mmeamudua Ho Akodi a Edi Kan no akyi no hye so so . Krak des Chevaliers ka nea ɛho hia sen biara no ho, na na ɛyɛ adwuma sɛ beae a wɔhwɛ nneɛma so ne asraafo atrae nso. Bere a wɔyɛɛ ɔdansi no fa a ɛto so abien wɔ afe a ɛto so 13 no akyi afeha no mu no, Krak des Chevaliers bɛyɛɛ abankɛse a ɛwɔ mfinimfini . Saa fa yi na ɛbɔɔ akyi ɔfasu no na ɛmaa abankɛse no te sɛ nea ɛwɔ hɔ mprempren no. Wɔaka afeha no fa a edi kan no ho asɛm sɛ Krak des Chevaliers "sika bere". Bere a na ɛsen biara no, na asraafo dɔm a wɔn dodow bɛyɛ 2,000 na wɔ Krak des Chevaliers. Asraafo kuw kɛse a ɛte saa maa Ayaresabeafo no tumi gyee tow fii beae a ɛtrɛw. Efi 1250 mfe no mu no Knights Hospitaller no ahonyade danee kɔɔ bɔne mu na wɔ 1271 mu no, Mamluk Sultan Baibars faa Krak des Chevaliers bere a wɔkaa wɔn hyɛɛ mu kyɛe mfe 36 akyi nna pii, a wɔkyerɛ sɛ ɛnam krataa bi a atoro a wɔkyerɛ sɛ efi Hospitallers’ Grand Master hɔ a ɛmaa Knights no de wɔn ho mae so.

Nnɛyi Arabic asɛmfua a wɔde gyina hɔ ma abankɛse ne qalʿa ( قلعة ), nanso wonim Krak des Chevaliers sɛ " ḥiṣn " ( حصن , a wɔbɔ no ḥoṣn [ħɔsˤn] wɔ Siria Arabic kasa mu ), anaa "abannennennen". Eyi fi din a wɔde too abannennen bi a na ɛwɔ hɔ kan wɔ beae koro no ara a wɔfrɛ no Ḥoṣn al-Akrād ( حصن الأكراد no mu ), a ɛkyerɛ "Kurdfo abankɛse". Frankfo na wɔfrɛɛ no (kyerɛ sɛ Mmeamudua Ho Akodifo) Le Crat na afei denam karak (abannennen) a wɔde frafrae so, Le Crac . Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ na Crat yɛ Akrād, asɛmfua a wɔde gyina hɔ ma Kurdfo no Franse kasa mu. Hyɛ no nsow sɛ abakɔsɛm mu no, wɔn a wɔka Arabic kasa no frɛɛ Mmeamudua Ho Akodifo wɔ ɔkwan a ɛnteɛ so sɛ "Frankfo" ne "Latinfo" de kyerɛɛ nsonsonoe a ɛda wɔne Kristofo Byzantinefo ntam sɛnea Mmeamudua Ho Akodifo no frɛɛ mpɔtam hɔ Nkramofo "Saracenfo" no. Abakɔsɛm mu Frankfo ankasa kyekyɛɛ wɔn ahemman mu wɔ 843 mu na wɔantow ahyɛ Asia so bere biara.

Abankɛse no te abankɛse bi 650-metre-high (2,130 atifi koko a ɛwɔ Tartus apuei fam, Syria, wɔ Homs Gap . Wɔ ɔkwan a ɛda ntam no fa foforo no, 27 kilometres (17 mi) akyirikyiri no, na afeha a ɛto so 12 Gibelacar Abankɛse (Hisn Ibn Akkar) no wɔ hɔ. Ɔkwan a ɛfa Homs Gap a ɛho hia wɔ ɔkwan a ɛfata so no ka Tripoli ne Homs nkurow no bom. Jebel Ansariyah wɔ abankɛse no atifi fam, na Lebanon anafo fam . Mpɔtam a atwa ho ahyia no yɛ frɔmfrɔm, nsubɔnten ne osu pii a ɛtɔ so mfaso. Sɛ wɔde toto Yerusalem Ahemman no ho a, na Mmeamudua Ho Akodi aman afoforo no nni asase a ɛfata sɛ wɔyɛ kua no pii; nanso na Tripoli mmepɔw a ɛyɛ limestone no fata yiye ma mmeae a wɔbɔ wɔn ho ban.

Akyerɛw wɔ afe 20 mfiase afeha no mu no, T. E. Lawrence, a nnipa pii frɛ no Lawrence a ofi Arabia no kae sɛ Krak des Chevaliers “ebia na ɛyɛ abankɛse a wɔakora so sen biara na ɛfata nkamfo koraa wɔ wiase, [abankɛse a] ɛyɛ nkyerɛkyerɛmu a ɛfata wɔ Siria Mmeamudua Ho Akodi adan ho kyerɛwtohɔ biara ho.” ".". Na abankɛse a ɛwɔ Europa no ma wɔn wuranom nya dabere a ɛyɛ awurade na na ɛyɛ mmeae a wɔhwɛ so; wɔ Levant no na hia a ehia sɛ wɔbɔ wɔn ho ban no yɛ nea ɛho hia sen biara na ɛdaa adi wɔ abankɛse no nhyehyɛe mu. Kennedy kyerɛ sɛ "Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ abankɛse a wɔde nyansahu yɛɛ no sɛ afiri a wɔde ko no duu ne sorosoro wɔ adan akɛse te sɛ Margat ne Crac des Chevaliers mu."