year: 1140
initiator: Damascus
recipient: Franks
text: *Spring. Formal alliance, ‘signed’ with oaths, between Damascus and the Franks in opposition to Zengi of Mosul.
*Spring. Formal alliance, ‘signed’ with oaths, between Damascus and the Franks in opposition to Zengi of Mosul.
sources: Ibn al-Qalanisi, pp. 259-60
year: 1174
initiator: Damascus
recipient: Franks
text: *After May 15. Following the death of Nur ad-Din, a formal truce is negotiated between Damascus and the Franks.
*After May 15. Following the death of Nur ad-Din, a formal truce is negotiated between Damascus and the Franks.
sources: Abu Shamah 4:161-3, 192; Ibn al-Athir, The Chronicle, 2:225-6