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Battle of Hattin


“kings do not kill kings” This is what sultan Saladin al-Ayyubi told King Guy when he captured him and thought he would kill him, the Battle of Hattin: In the summer of 1187, a seismic clash between Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi's Muslim forces and the Crusaders. Fueled by a fervent desire to reclaim Jerusalem from Crusader control, Saladin meticulously planned the engagement. employing cunning harassment tactics, strategically manipulating water sources, and harnessing the terrain's advantage to encircle the Crusaders.

the Frankish army started out towards Tiberias, harassed constantly by Muslim archers. The Muslims positioned themselves between the Frankish army and the water so that the Franks were forced to pitch camp overnight on the arid plateau near the village of Meskenah. The Muslims surrounded the camp so closely that "a cat could not have escaped".

Throughout the night, the Muslims further demoralized the Crusaders by praying, singing, beating drums, showing symbols, and chanting. They set fire to the dry grass, making the Crusaders' throats even drier. The Crusaders were thirsty, demoralized, and exhausted. The Muslim army,

by contrast, had a caravan of camels bring goatskins of water up from Lake Tiberias

On the morning of the next day, the Crusaders were blinded by smoke from the fires set by Saladin's forces.


When the king of the Franks [Guy] was on the hill with that band, they made a formidable charge against the Muslims facing them, so that they drove them back to my father, the son of Saladin saying. I looked towards him and he was overcome by grief and his complexion pale. He took hold of his beard and advanced, crying out "Give the lie to the Devil!" The Muslims rallied, returned to the fight, and climbed the hill. When I saw that the Franks withdrew, pursued by the Muslims, I shouted for joy, "We have beaten them!" But the Franks rallied and charged again like the first time and drove the Muslims back to my father. He acted as he had done on the first occasion and the Muslims turned upon the Franks and drove them back to the hill. I again shouted, "We have beaten them!" but my father rounded on me and said, "Be quiet! We have not beaten them until that tent [Guy's] falls." As he was speaking to me, the tent fell. The sultan dismounted, prostrated himself in thanks to God Almighty, and wept for joy.

Prisoners after the battle included Guy, his brother Amalric II, Raynald de Chatillon,

Guy of Lusignan and Raynald of Chatillon were brought to Saladin's tent. Saladin offered Guy water, which was a sign in Muslim culture that the prisoner would be spared, but Guy was unaware of that. Guy passed the goblet to Raynald, but Saladin struck it from his hands and said, "I did not ask this evil man to drink, and he would not save his life by doing so". He then charged Raynald with breaking the truce.