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The siege of Jerusalem lasted from 20 September to 2 October 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin. Earlier that summer, Saladin had defeated the kingdom's army and conquered several cities. Balian was charged with organizing a defense. The city was full of refugees but had few soldiers.
Opening page of the Libellus in the British Library's Cotton MS Cleopatra B. I. The Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum (Latin for "Little Book about the Conquest of the Holy Land by Saladin"), also called the Chronicon Terrae Sanctae ("Chronicle of the Holy Land"), is a short anonymous Latin account of the conquests of Saladin (Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn) in the Holy Land between ...
The History of Jerusalem during the Kingdom of Jerusalem began with the capture of the city by the Latin Christian forces at the apogee of the First Crusade. At that point it had been under Muslim rule for over 450 years. It became the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, until it was again conquered by the Ayyubids under Saladin in 1187.
Jerusalem becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Judah and, according to the Bible, for the first few decades even of a wider united kingdom of Judah and Israel, under kings belonging to the House of David. c. 1010 BCE: biblical King David attacks and captures Jerusalem. Jerusalem becomes City of David and capital of the United Kingdom of Israel ...
By mid-September, Saladin has captured the cities of Acre, Jaffa, Gaza and Ascalon (blockaded by the Egyptian fleet), along with some 50 Crusader castles. September 20–October 2 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem, after the Crusaders led by Balian of Ibelin surrender the 'Holy City'. The take-over of the city is relatively ...
He described it as a small city full of Jacobites, Armenians, Greeks, and Georgians. Two hundred Jews [dubious – discuss] dwelt in a corner of the city under the Tower of David. In 1187, with the Muslim world united under the effective leadership of Saladin, Jerusalem was re-conquered by the Muslims after a successful siege.
Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) by Khalid ibn al-Walid during the Muslim conquest of the Levant; Capture of Jerusalem by Atsiz ibn Uwaq (1073 and 1077), Turcoman mercenary commander; Siege of Jerusalem (1099) by the Crusaders in the First Crusade; Siege of Jerusalem (1187) by Saladin, resulting in the capture of the city by the Ayyubid Muslims
November Saladin's troops capture Kerak. [397] [398] December 6. Safad is captured by Saladin's troops. [397] [398] 1189. January 5. Belvoir surrenders to Saladin's troops. [397] [399] May. Saladin's troops capture Montreal. Only Tyre and Belfort remain under Frank rule in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. [400] August.