Saladin besieged Jerusalem from 20 September to 2 October 1187, weeks after destroying the Crusader field army at Hattin. With fewer than fourteen knights to defend the city, Balian of Ibelin negotiated a surrender once a section of wall was mined and collapsed. Saladin let many residents go for ransom and freed noblewomen and roughly 3,000 Muslim prisoners without payment; the takeover was comparatively peaceful next to the Crusader conquest of the city in 1099.
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OutcomeBalian of Ibelin surrendered the city on 2 October 1187. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
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The take-over of the city was relatively peaceful especially in contrast to the Crusader siege of the city in 1099.
1. Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
1. Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
Wikipediaaftermath sectionQuote, aftermath section
The take-over of the city was relatively peaceful
1. Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
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siege towers, catapults, mangonels and Greek fire
1. Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
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Ayyubid Sultanate under Saladin (with Al-Adil I and Al-Afdal)
Wikipedia: Military history of the Crusader states
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Key outcome: Crusader defeats at Hattin and Jerusalem siege (1187)
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