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Christians before Saladin, a 19th-century illustration by Alphonse de Neuville.Image: Alphonse de Neuville · Public domainworld · Middle East
Saladin takes Jerusalem
After a siege that began on 20 September, Jerusalem surrendered to Saladin on 2 October. The Crusader kingdom’s army had been destroyed at the Battle of Hattin three months earlier, and the city’s defence fell to Balian of Ibelin, who negotiated the terms. Inhabitants who could pay a ransom were allowed to leave, and Saladin declined to destroy the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. News of the fall reached Europe as a shock and helped prompt the Third Crusade (1189-1192). Jerusalem stayed under Muslim rule until 1917.
Source: World History Encyclopedia: Saladin’s Conquest of Jerusalem (1187 CE) ↗
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