What the records say
- When
- 27 Aug 1191
- Kind
- Battle
- Also recorded as
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 32.93° N, 35.08° E
- Description
- 1191 massacre of the Third Crusade
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Massacre at Ayyadieh
Killing of Muslim prisoners by Christian forces during the Third Crusade
The Massacre of Ayyadieh occurred during the Third Crusade after the fall of Acre when King Richard I had more than two thousand Muslim prisoners of war from the captured city beheaded in front of the Ayyubid armies of sultan Saladin on 20 August 1191, sparing only those deemed fit for slave-labor along with a few notables.
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