Iftikhar al-Dawla
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Iftikhar al-Dawla (Template:Langx) was the Fatimid governor of Jerusalem during the siege of 1099. On 15 July, he surrendered Jerusalem to Raymond of Saint-Gilles[1] in the Tower of David and was escorted out of the city with his bodyguard.[2]
Little is known about Iftikhar al-Dawla, although he is mentioned as governor of Ascalon following the fall of Jerusalem, which suggests he was Fatimid governor of the whole of Palestine.Template:Sfn The Syrian chronicler Bar-Hebraeus refers to him as an Egyptian man. Usama ibn Munqidh's autobiography mentions an emir of the local castles of Abu Qubays, Qadmus and al-Kaf called Iftikhar al-Dawla whose sister was married to Ibn Munqidh's uncle, the ruler of Shayzar.Template:Sfn
Tasso, The Liberation of Jerusalem, canto 3.60 says that he met Godfrey of Bouillon “in the high court of France where I came as Egypt’s envoy long ago.” (Max Wickert translation.)
Defence of Jerusalem
Iftikhar al-Dawla had a strong garrison of Arab and Nubian troops. Hearing of the advance of the Franks he poisoned the wells outside Jerusalem; moved livestock from the pastures inside the city walls and sent urgently to Egypt for reinforcements.Template:Sfn He then ordered all Christians, then the majority of the population, to evacuate the city, but allowed Jews to remain within.Template:Sfn Although the garrison was well-supplied it was insufficient to man all the walls and was overwhelmed after a siege lasting six weeks.[2]
Notes
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- ↑ Count of Toulouse (1093–1105) and marquis of Provence (1066–1105).
- ↑ a b Crusades. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 25 August 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
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Bibliography
- Geary, Patrick J. (2003). Readings in Medieval History. Broadview Press. Template:ISBN
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