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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
1242
year: 1187
initiator: Patriarch Aimery of Antioch
recipient: King Henry II of England
text: End of Sept. Patriarch Aimery of Antioch writes to King Henry II of England. He reports Saladin’s invasion of the kingdom of Jerusalem, the disaster [at Hattin], the capture of the king, his brother the constable and the master of the Knights Templar, the murder of princeps Raimundus [Rainald] by Saladin himself, the deaths of bishops, Templars and Hospitallers, 1200 milites and 30000 foot soldiers, the fall of Tiberias, which Saladin has fortified, Acre, Haifa, Caesarea, Jaffa, Nazareth, Sebastea, Nablus, Lydda, Ramatha, Arsur, Hebron and Bethlehem. Jerusalem is now under siege and the Christians have suffered huge losses in residents, provisions and horses. He begs for help. Otherwise, the Holy Sepulchre and then Antioch itself will be lost. He is sending the episcopus Gabilonensis and the episcopus Valeniensis to Henry. End of Sept. Patriarch Aimery of Antioch writes to King Henry II of England. He reports Saladin’s invasion of the kingdom of Jerusalem, the disaster [at Hattin], the capture of the king, his brother the constable and the master of the Knights Templar, the murder of princeps Raimundus [Rainald] by... more
sources: Gesta regis Henrici secundi 2:36-8 (RRH no. 664)
RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
1255
year: 1188
initiator: Frater Terricus pauperrimae domus templi preceptor
recipient: King Henry II of England
text: Jan. 1-31. Terricus magnus preceptor domus Templi Jerusalem writes to King Henry II of England. He reports the loss of Jerusalem. The Syrii have custody of the [church of the Holy] Sepulchre until 4 days after Michaelmas. 10 Hospitallers are allowed to care for the sick in the Hospital of St John in Jerusalem for one more year. Saladin has thrown down the cross from the Templum Domini and has cleansed the city in accordance with his religion. [221] The Hospitallers are still defending Belliverium.They have captured 2 caravans of the Sarraceni, carrying arms and provisions looted from the castrum of Faba, which the Sarraceni have destroyed. The following places are still resisting Saladin: Gragcus Montis Regalis, Mons Regalis, Saphet Templi, Gragchus Hospitalis, Margatum, Castellum Blancum, the lands of Tripoli and Antioch. Saladin besieged Tyre from the Feast of St Martin to the Feast of the Circumcision. On the vigil of the Feast of St Silvester Conradus marchio distributed milites and pedites on the walls and, assembling 17 galleys [galei] and 10 smaller ships [naviculi] with the help of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, defeated Saladin’s fleet, capturing 11 Muslim galleys and a number of leading officers. On Saladin’s orders the surviving ships were burnt. Jan. 1-31. Terricus magnus preceptor domus Templi Jerusalem writes to King Henry II of England. He reports the loss of Jerusalem. The Syrii have custody of the [church of the Holy] Sepulchre until 4 days after Michaelmas. 10 Hospitallers are allowed to care for the sick in the Hospital of St John... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:527, no. 847 (RRH no. 669)
comments: [221] The endowment [waqf] charter of a khanqah in Jerusalem, founded by Saladin on 17 October 1189 [tr. by Johannes Pahlitzsch], provides details of the topography of the city immediately after its fall to the Muslims. Murray, The Crusades 4:1301-5.

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