Arzghan
Arzghan (also known as Arcicanum) was a castle located at the foothills of Ǧabal al-Wasṭānī in Harim Mountains, on the eastern bank of the Orontes River near Tell Kašfahān (Rugia), opposite of Jisr al-Shughour. History. Ralph of Caen reported that Tancred had conquered the region to the southeast of Antioch and that Raymond of Toulouse hold Arzghan and other town in the Ruj Valley in the summer of 1098. Meanwhile, William of Tyre recorded that Tancred made Pons of Tripoli promise to marry Cecile of France, and offered her the fortresses of Arzghan and Rugia as a  dowry, before his death in 1112. Later on, Pons launched a series of attacks against Fulk, King of Jerusalem and his allies from the Antiochene fortresses Arzghan and Rugia. Fulk attacked Pons near Rugia in late 1132, in which the latter suffered a heavy defeat. Although many of his retainers were captured on the battlefield, he was able to flee. However, he lost his rule over both Arzghan and Rugia. The region which was defended by the Knights Hospitaller, was occupied by Nur ad-Din who dismantled the fortress at Arzghan in 1162/3, but it was later restored under Saladin . In 1192, Bohemond III of Antioch was bestowed Arzghan and its farms, whose produce was worth 15,000 dinars, by Saladin, according to Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, and the two parties signed a ten-year truce. Nowadays, there is no longer any trace of the castle, only a ruined caravanserai and a village still retains the name.