Salah al-Din Ayubi (conqueror of Bayt al-Maqdis) 2

When our nobles saw the plight of the people, they consulted with each other and sent messengers to the surrounding forts and requested them to provide us with as much food as possible. They gladly sent food. They used to go with them to protect the caravans. Once our unitFoolishly strayed from the path and fell into the hands of the enemy. It seems that the enemies were also feeling the shortage of food as they would have been happy to get more food than the prisoners. 

"Those who were familiar with the way of war of the Turks thought that soon they would suffer a heavy loss. But it is a pity that our chiefs and nobles became victims of mutual jealousy and hypocrisy and they started to neglect the war. He strongly hated Count Guy, the ruler of Jaffa. was also

"For eight whole days, the Turks continued to raid this area without interruption and our army remained idle. Finally, on the eighth day, Salahuddin returned to his country with his troops."

This is William Suri's account, but he did not write how the crusader army for the first time was held back against the weaker Muslim forces and how the Muslim army retreated without resistance. 

King Baldwin wanted to abdicate in favor of Guy, but the mutual disloyalty of the army convinced him that someone else should be nominated instead of Guy who could handle Annan government well. He was lonely in his sad life, however as a king the survival and protection of the empireTherefore, he appointed the governor of Tiberias, Raymond, as viceroy, and the archbishop of Jerusalem rejected his request. Threatened. In the meantime, Guy took his wife and fled to Ashkelon. Poor Baldwin was also pregnant. I sat down and reached Ashkelon, but Guy had closed the city gates. Baldwin had barely disembarked. His thin body was dressed in a gray robe and his face was veiled. He limped to the door and with his weak fists There was a loud knock on the door. A voice came from inside:

"You go back."

The poor leper limped back to the camp, he could do no more. 

William of Tire (Suri) denounced the Amirs and Nawabs in very harsh terms. He writes:

"There is no difference between these people and the infidels, and there is not a single woman in all of Palestine who can be called innocent."

But it was the fault of the Amirs and Sardars. The people were angry about it. 

Indeed, European Christians had changed considerably during their ninety-year reign, exposed to Arab scholars. They had been preceded by many ancient monastic practices in Asia, including the Nestorian monks, the silent Armenian monks, and the white-robed Qutbi dervishes. Maronite and Dominique after the way to Jerusalem was cleared for pilgrimsThe monks of the sect also started coming to visit the shrine of Christ. 

The crusaders came here to find out that Peter the Great was not actually from Rome but from Antioch. They now know that the Crucifixion is outside the city of refuge, although the priests said that the holy rock was inside Jerusalem. That is the land of Israel. They started farming. They worked with the local residents to grow corn, barley and moreCultivating pulses. Their hard work provided relief from famine, although most of their income depended on the tithe they paid. 

According to us, William of Tire (William al-Suri) was well aware of the wealth of the archbishop of Jerusalem. His coffers were full of gold and silver. He was a priest of wealth. There was a legend of greed. Once upon a time he was a minor bar singer. Among the people related to the archbishop. Many satirical songs were famous. In the languages ​​of songs, she was generally remembered as "Begum Esqif Azam". Those that were not owned by the Church gradually became semi-religious and military institutions, namely temples andThese servants of the Holy Land became its real owners. All the border forts except the forts of Tiberias and Kirk were in their possession. These parties were directly under the Pope of Rome. Criminals of the law could take refuge with them and be safe. Resistance to Islamic Jihad in JerusalemThere was no leader to do it. Therefore, the defense of Palestine depended on these border forts. All the forts except Banias and Hisn Ya'qub were intact. Many years were spent in the construction of these forts, because in their wide walls Heavy stones were brought from far and wide to install. Carving these stones also required patienceThe construction of a few forts was recently completed. Among them was Husn Yaqoob, which was destroyed by Saladin in a week. 

Our honorable archbishop believed that the enemy would not be able to conquer the forts, these forts were overshadowed on the heights of Palestine. From Banias to Baar Sheba, a row of forts was spread. These forts were a day's distance from each other. The fort of Sur was on the beach. The city was inhabited within the strong walls of the fort. The forts seemed to be walled villages, with a square tower built between them, but some forts were as impregnable as Kirk.