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{{Battlebox|prev = [[Battle of Dagorlad]]|next = [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields|Gladden Fields]]|image = Sauron's destruction.png|conflict = [[War of the Last Alliance]]|date = [[SA 3434]] - [[SA 3441]]|place = [[Mordor]]|result = Incomplete victory for Last Alliance due to survival of the [[One Ring]]|combatant1 = [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]|combatant2 = [[Mordor]]<br/>[[Rhûn]]<br/>[[Harad]]<br/>[[Khand]]|commander1 = [[Gil-galad]]†<br />[[Elendil]]†<br />[[Isildur]]<br />[[Elrond]]<br />[[Anárion]]†<br />[[Círdan]]<br/>|commander2 = [[Sauron]]|strength1 = Many [[Elves]], [[Men]], and [[Dwarves]]|strength2 = Reduced host of [[Orcs]], evil [[Men]], and [[Dwarves]]|casualties1 = Heavy|casualties2 = Near all}}{{Campaignbox War of the Last Alliance}}
{{Infobox Military Conflict
 
|conflict = Siege of Barad-dûr
 
|date = [[SA 3434]] - [[SA 3441]]
 
|place = [[Mordor]], [[Mount Doom]]
 
|result = Incomplete victory for the Last Alliance, for the ring survived
 
|combatant1 = [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]
 
|combatant2 = [[Mordor]], [[Rhûn]]
 
|commander1 = [[Gil-galad]]†<br />[[Elendil]]†<br />[[Isildur]]<br />[[Elrond]]<br />[[Anárion]]†<br />
 
|commander2 = [[Sauron]]
 
|strength1 = 100,000 [[Men of Gondor]], 50,000 Men of [[Arnor]],<br>85,000 Elves of [[Lindon]],<br>[[Lothlorien]] and [[Rivendell]],<br /> 35,000 Silvan Elves of [[Mirkwood]] and [[Woodland Realm]].
 
|strength2 = No more than 200,000 [[Orc]]s and Evil Men (mainly [[Easterlings]]), hundreds of [[Troll]]s, [[Wargs]], and [[Warg-Riders]]<br/>
 
|casualties1 = Severe: Numerous Humans and Elves. 30,000 Men of Gondor, 20,000 Men of Arnor and 30,000 Elves.
 
|casualties2 = Entire force slain or captured.<br/>
 
}}
 
{{Campaignbox War of the Last Alliance}}
 
   
The '''Siege of Barad-dûr''' was a key event during the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. Despite suffering severe losses, the Last Alliance leveled Sauron's fortress and wiped out his forces after a brutal siege, during which Sauron's Ring was chopped from his finger.
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The '''Siege of Barad-dûr''' was a key event of the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. Despite suffering severe losses, the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]] leveled [[Sauron]]'s fortress of [[Barad-dûr]] and defeated his armies after a prolonged siege, at the end of which the [[One Ring]] was cut from Sauron's finger and taken by [[Isildur]].
   
==History==
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== History ==
 
[[File:Dagorlad_And_Barad.jpg|thumb|right|265px]]
 
   
 
After the bloody [[Battle of Dagorlad]], the [[Last Alliance]] began their invasion into [[Mordor]]. They captured the [[Black Gate]] but lost many as they passed through [[Udûn (Mordor)|Udûn]], a plateau north of Mordor, and they failed to break into the Dark Tower. Thus, they laid siege on the Dark Tower.
 
After the bloody [[Battle of Dagorlad]], the [[Last Alliance]] began their invasion into [[Mordor]]. They captured the [[Black Gate]] but lost many as they passed through [[Udûn (Mordor)|Udûn]], a plateau north of Mordor, and they failed to break into the Dark Tower. Thus, they laid siege on the Dark Tower.
   
The siege lasted for a total of seven years. Many elves and men were killed in the siege as seemingly endless numbers of arrows, rocks, flaming missiles, and Orc sorties emerged from the tower. Fortunately, Anárion's army from Gondor managed to reinforce the Last Alliance. On the sixth year of the siege, [[SA 3440]], Anárion was hit in the head by a stone and died. Sauron now knew on the seventh year, that although his troops inflicted a lot of damage to the enemy, the only way to stop them was to fight them himself. Sauron's force broke the leaguer and nearly sent the Last Alliance into a retreat. With that, [[Gil-galad]] and [[Elendil]] challenged Sauron, and they dueled on the slopes of Mount Doom. Sauron, however, was much more powerful, and killed first Gil-galad simply with the heat of his hand, and then Elendil, as [[Elrond]], Círdan, and Isildur helplessly watched. But [[Isildur]], the son of the king, rushed to his father's side as he fell. As Elendil fell, his great sword [[Narsil]] broke beneath him. Sauron had been wounded in the battle and let his guard down after slaying the two champions, when Isildur grasped the bottom half of Narsil, and cut the [[One Ring]] from Sauron's hand.
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The siege lasted for a total of seven years. Many elves and men were killed in the siege as seemingly endless numbers of arrows, rocks, flaming missiles, and Orc sorties emerged from the tower. Fortunately, Anárion's army from Gondor managed to reinforce the Last Alliance. On the sixth year of the siege, [[SA 3440]], Anárion was hit in the head by a stone and died. A year later, [[Gil-galad]] and [[Elendil]] duelled Sauron on the slopes of Mount Doom. Sauron, however, was much more powerful, and killed first Gil-galad with the heat of his hand, and then Elendil, as [[Elrond]], [[Círdan]], and Isildur helplessly watched. As Elendil fell, his great sword [[Narsil]] broke beneath him. But Sauron had been mortally wounded in the battle, and when Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron's body, the Dark Lord's spirit fled.
   
After the battle, Sauron's body was broken, the tower of Barad-dûr collapsed (without the Ring's destruction the foundations remained), and the Orc hosts were in disarray. Elrond led Isildur into the heart of Mount Doom, where the One Ring was forged, and the only place it could be destroyed. However, he claimed it for his own, which led to his death as well as soured relations between Men and Elves, both of whom blamed the other for the terrifying losses that were incurred during the siege. The Elves were especially angered that the Ring had been kept, but did not possess a military force after the siege significant enough to take it by force.
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After the battle, Sauron's body was broken, the tower of Barad-dûr collapsed (without the Ring's destruction the foundations remained), and the Orc hosts were in disarray. Elrond led Isildur into the heart of Mount Doom, where the One Ring was forged, and the only place it could be destroyed. However, he claimed it for his own, which led to his death.
   
 
Gondor later reoccupied [[Minas Ithil]] and [[Ithilien]], and set watchtowers at the Black Gate, and the pass of [[Cirith Ungol]]. However, years of neglect, and the [[Kin-strife]] led these areas to be captured by the Nazgûl, with Minas Ithil, later [[Minas Morgul]], falling to the Witch-king.
 
Gondor later reoccupied [[Minas Ithil]] and [[Ithilien]], and set watchtowers at the Black Gate, and the pass of [[Cirith Ungol]]. However, years of neglect, and the [[Kin-strife]] led these areas to be captured by the Nazgûl, with Minas Ithil, later [[Minas Morgul]], falling to the Witch-king.
   
Isildur's father, brother, and [[Gil-galad]] were killed in the Siege of [[Barad-dûr]].<ref>''[[The Silmarillion]], [[Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age]]''</ref><ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings]],'' [[Appendix B]]: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Second Age"</ref><ref>''[[The Atlas of Middle-earth]],'' The Second Age, "The Last Alliance"</ref>
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Isildur's father, brother, and [[Gil-galad]] were killed in the Siege of [[Barad-dûr]].<ref>''[[The Silmarillion]], [[Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age]]''</ref><ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings]],'' [[Appendix B]]: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Second Age"</ref>
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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Dagorlad_And_Barad.jpg|Map showing both armies' movements before and during the battle
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</gallery>
   
==Translations around the World==
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==Translations==
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| width="300" |'''Foreign Language'''
 
| width="300" |'''Translated name'''
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|-
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|Afrikaans
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|Beleg van Barad-Dur
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Albanian
 
|Albanian
 
|Rrethimi i Barad-dur
 
|Rrethimi i Barad-dur
 
|-
 
|-
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|Amharic
|Belarusian
 
  +
|ስለ ከበባ ባራድ፡ዱር
|Аблога Барадэі-дурніца
 
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|-
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|Arabic
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|حصار بارادءدور
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|-
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|Armenian
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|պաշարումը Բարադ-դուր
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|-
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|Azerbaijani
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|Barad-dur mühasirəsi
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|-
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|Basque
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|Baraden-dûr setioa
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|-
 
|Belarusian Cyrillic
 
|Аблогі Барад-дура
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|-
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|Bengali
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|বার্ড-দূর অবরোধের
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|-
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|Bosnian
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|Opsada Barad-dur
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|-
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|Bulgarian Cyrillic
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|Обсада на Барад-дур
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Catalan
 
|Catalan
 
|Setge de Bàrad-dûr
 
|Setge de Bàrad-dûr
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|-
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|Cebuano
 
|Paglikos sa Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Chichewa
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|Kuzinga Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Chinese
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|围攻巴拉多
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|-
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|Corsican
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|Assediu di Barad-dûr
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|-
  +
|Croatian
  +
|Opsada Barad-dûr
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Danish
 
|Danish
|Belejringen af Barad-dur
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|Belejringen af Barad-dûr
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Dutch
 
|Dutch
|Belegering van Barad-dur
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|Belegering van Barad-dûr
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Esperanto
 
|Esperanto
|Sieĝo de Barad-dur
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|Sieĝo de Barad-dûr
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|-
  +
|Estonian
  +
|Piiramisrõngas Barad-dur
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|-
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|Faroese
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|Stólur av Barad-dûr
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Finnish
 
|Finnish
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|French
 
|French
 
|Siège de Barad-dur
 
|Siège de Barad-dur
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|-
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|Frisian
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|Belis fan Barad-dur
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|-
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|Galician
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|Cerco de Barad-dûr
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|-
  +
|Georgian
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|ბლოკადის ბარად-დური
 
|-
 
|-
 
|German
 
|German
 
|Belagerung von Barad-dûr
 
|Belagerung von Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Greek
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|Πολιορκία της Bαραδ-δυρ
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Gujarati
 
|Gujarati
 
|બારડ-દુર ઘેરો
 
|બારડ-દુર ઘેરો
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|-
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|Haitian Creole
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|Syèj la Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Hausa
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|Kewaye da Barad-dur
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|-
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|Hebrew
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|מצור באראד-דור
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|-
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|Hindi
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|बरद्-दुर की घेराबंदी
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|-
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|Hungarian
  +
|Ostrom Barad-dûr
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|-
  +
|Icelandic
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|Umsátrinu um Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Indonesian
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|Pengepungan Barad-dur
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|-
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|Irish Gaelic
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|Ionsaí na Barad-dur
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Italian
 
|Italian
 
|Assedio di Barad-dur
 
|Assedio di Barad-dur
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|-
  +
|Japanese
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|バラド=ドゥーアの包囲
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|-
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|Javanese
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|Perang Barad-dur
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|-
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|Kazakh Cyrillic
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|қоршау Барад-дұр ?
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|-
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|Kannada
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|ಬರದ-ದುರ್ ಮುತ್ತಿಗೆ
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|-
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|Kurdish
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|Dorpêçkirina ji Barad-dûr (Kurmanji Kurdish)
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|-
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|Kyrgyz Cyrillic
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|Барад-дур курчоого
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|-
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|Latin
  +
|Obsidione Barad-dur
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Latvian
 
|Latvian
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|Lithuanian
 
|Lithuanian
 
|Apgultis Barad-dur
 
|Apgultis Barad-dur
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|-
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|Luxembourgish
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|Belagerung vu Barad-dur
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|-
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|Macedonian Cyrillic
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|Опсадата на Барад-дур
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|-
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|Malagasy
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|Fahirano an'i Barad-dur
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|-
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|Malay
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|Pengepungan Barad-dur
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|-
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|Marathi
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|बरद-दुर वेढा
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|-
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|Mongolian Cyrillic
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|Барад-дур-ын бүслэлт
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|-
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|Nepalese
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|बरद्-दुर को कब्जाको
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Norwegian
 
|Norwegian
|Beleiringen av Barad-Dur
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|Beleiringen av Barad-dur
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|-
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|Persian
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|محاصره باراد-دور
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Polish
 
|Polish
|Oblężenia Barad-dur
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|Oblężenie Barad-dûr
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Portuguese
 
|Portuguese
 
|Cerco de Barad-dûr
 
|Cerco de Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Punjabi
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|ਬਰਦ-ਦੁਰ ਦੀ ਘੇਰਾਬੰਦੀ
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Romanian
 
|Romanian
|Asediu de Barad Dur
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|Asediu de Barad-dur
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|-
 
|Russian
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|Осада Барад-дура
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|-
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|Samoan
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|Vagaia o Barad-dur
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|-
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|Scottish Gaelic
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|Sèist de Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Serbian
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|Опсада Барад-дур (Cyrillic) Opsade Barad-dura (Latin)
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|-
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|Sesotho
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|Thibelloa ha Barad-dur
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|-
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|Slovak
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|Obliehanie Barad-dur
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Slovenian
 
|Slovenian
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|Spanish
 
|Spanish
 
|Cerco de Barad-dûr
 
|Cerco de Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Swahili
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|Kuzingirwa ya Barad-dur
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Swedish
 
|Swedish
 
|Belägringen av Barad-dûr
 
|Belägringen av Barad-dûr
 
|-
 
|-
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|Tamil
|Russian
 
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|பரத்-துர் முற்றுகை
|Осада Барад-дура
 
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|-
  +
|Tajik Cyrillic
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|муҳосираи Барад-дур
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|-
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|Telugu
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|బరదదూరంగా ముట్టడి
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|-
  +
|Thai
  +
|การปิดล้อมหอคอยบารัด-ดูร์
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|-
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|Tongan
 
|'Akolo'i 'o e Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Turkish
  +
|Kuşatma Barad-dûr
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|-
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|Turkmen
  +
|Barad-dur gabalanda ?
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|-
  +
|Urdu
  +
|کے محاصرے بارادءدور
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|-
  +
|Welsh
  +
|Gwarchae o Barad-dur
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|-
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|Xhosa
  +
|Singqingiwe Barad-dûr
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|-
  +
|Yiddish
  +
|סיעגע פון באַראַד-דור
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|-
  +
|Yoruba
 
|Idoti ti Barad-dûr
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|-
  +
|Zulu
  +
|Ukuvinjezelwa Barad-dûr
 
|}
 
|}
   
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==References==
 
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Revision as of 14:43, 19 May 2020

Conquest of Minas Ithil - Defense of Osgiliath - Battle of Dagorlad - Siege of Barad-dûr


The Siege of Barad-dûr was a key event of the War of the Last Alliance. Despite suffering severe losses, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men leveled Sauron's fortress of Barad-dûr and defeated his armies after a prolonged siege, at the end of which the One Ring was cut from Sauron's finger and taken by Isildur.

History

After the bloody Battle of Dagorlad, the Last Alliance began their invasion into Mordor. They captured the Black Gate but lost many as they passed through Udûn, a plateau north of Mordor, and they failed to break into the Dark Tower. Thus, they laid siege on the Dark Tower.

The siege lasted for a total of seven years. Many elves and men were killed in the siege as seemingly endless numbers of arrows, rocks, flaming missiles, and Orc sorties emerged from the tower. Fortunately, Anárion's army from Gondor managed to reinforce the Last Alliance. On the sixth year of the siege, SA 3440, Anárion was hit in the head by a stone and died. A year later, Gil-galad and Elendil duelled Sauron on the slopes of Mount Doom. Sauron, however, was much more powerful, and killed first Gil-galad with the heat of his hand, and then Elendil, as Elrond, Círdan, and Isildur helplessly watched. As Elendil fell, his great sword Narsil broke beneath him. But Sauron had been mortally wounded in the battle, and when Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron's body, the Dark Lord's spirit fled.

After the battle, Sauron's body was broken, the tower of Barad-dûr collapsed (without the Ring's destruction the foundations remained), and the Orc hosts were in disarray. Elrond led Isildur into the heart of Mount Doom, where the One Ring was forged, and the only place it could be destroyed. However, he claimed it for his own, which led to his death.

Gondor later reoccupied Minas Ithil and Ithilien, and set watchtowers at the Black Gate, and the pass of Cirith Ungol. However, years of neglect, and the Kin-strife led these areas to be captured by the Nazgûl, with Minas Ithil, later Minas Morgul, falling to the Witch-king.

Isildur's father, brother, and Gil-galad were killed in the Siege of Barad-dûr.[1][2]

Gallery

Translations

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Beleg van Barad-Dur
Albanian Rrethimi i Barad-dur
Amharic ስለ ከበባ ባራድ፡ዱር
Arabic حصار بارادءدور
Armenian պաշարումը Բարադ-դուր
Azerbaijani Barad-dur mühasirəsi
Basque Baraden-dûr setioa
Belarusian Cyrillic Аблогі Барад-дура
Bengali বার্ড-দূর অবরোধের
Bosnian Opsada Barad-dur
Bulgarian Cyrillic Обсада на Барад-дур
Catalan Setge de Bàrad-dûr
Cebuano Paglikos sa Barad-dûr
Chichewa Kuzinga Barad-dûr
Chinese 围攻巴拉多
Corsican Assediu di Barad-dûr
Croatian Opsada Barad-dûr
Danish Belejringen af Barad-dûr
Dutch Belegering van Barad-dûr
Esperanto Sieĝo de Barad-dûr
Estonian Piiramisrõngas Barad-dur
Faroese Stólur av Barad-dûr
Finnish Barad-dûrin Piiritys
French Siège de Barad-dur
Frisian Belis fan Barad-dur
Galician Cerco de Barad-dûr
Georgian ბლოკადის ბარად-დური
German Belagerung von Barad-dûr
Greek Πολιορκία της Bαραδ-δυρ
Gujarati બારડ-દુર ઘેરો
Haitian Creole Syèj la Barad-dûr
Hausa Kewaye da Barad-dur
Hebrew מצור באראד-דור
Hindi बरद्-दुर की घेराबंदी
Hungarian Ostrom Barad-dûr
Icelandic Umsátrinu um Barad-dûr
Indonesian Pengepungan Barad-dur
Irish Gaelic Ionsaí na Barad-dur
Italian Assedio di Barad-dur
Japanese バラド=ドゥーアの包囲
Javanese Perang Barad-dur
Kazakh Cyrillic қоршау Барад-дұр ?
Kannada ಬರದ-ದುರ್ ಮುತ್ತಿಗೆ
Kurdish Dorpêçkirina ji Barad-dûr (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Барад-дур курчоого
Latin Obsidione Barad-dur
Latvian Aplenkuma Barad-dur
Lithuanian Apgultis Barad-dur
Luxembourgish Belagerung vu Barad-dur
Macedonian Cyrillic Опсадата на Барад-дур
Malagasy Fahirano an'i Barad-dur
Malay Pengepungan Barad-dur
Marathi बरद-दुर वेढा
Mongolian Cyrillic Барад-дур-ын бүслэлт
Nepalese बरद्-दुर को कब्जाको
Norwegian Beleiringen av Barad-dur
Persian محاصره باراد-دور
Polish Oblężenie Barad-dûr
Portuguese Cerco de Barad-dûr
Punjabi ਬਰਦ-ਦੁਰ ਦੀ ਘੇਰਾਬੰਦੀ
Romanian Asediu de Barad-dur
Russian Осада Барад-дура
Samoan Vagaia o Barad-dur
Scottish Gaelic Sèist de Barad-dûr
Serbian Опсада Барад-дур (Cyrillic) Opsade Barad-dura (Latin)
Sesotho Thibelloa ha Barad-dur
Slovak Obliehanie Barad-dur
Slovenian Obleganje Barad-dur
Spanish Cerco de Barad-dûr
Swahili Kuzingirwa ya Barad-dur
Swedish Belägringen av Barad-dûr
Tamil பரத்-துர் முற்றுகை
Tajik Cyrillic муҳосираи Барад-дур
Telugu బరదదూరంగా ముట్టడి
Thai การปิดล้อมหอคอยบารัด-ดูร์
Tongan 'Akolo'i 'o e Barad-dûr
Turkish Kuşatma Barad-dûr
Turkmen Barad-dur gabalanda ?
Urdu کے محاصرے بارادءدور
Welsh Gwarchae o Barad-dur
Xhosa Singqingiwe Barad-dûr
Yiddish סיעגע פון באַראַד-דור
Yoruba Idoti ti Barad-dûr
Zulu Ukuvinjezelwa Barad-dûr

References

  1. The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
  2. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Second Age"