The assassination of the Marquis of Tyre (588 AH)
قتل المركيس صاحب صور
c. 28 April 1192 CE · 13 Rabi' II 588 AH
13 Rabi' II 588 (April 1192): the Marquis of Tyre — 'greatest of the Frankish devils' — was cut down by two Assassins in monks' garb who had spent six months in the households of Sidon's lord and Ibn Barzan winning his trust; wounded at a bishop's banquet, he was carried to a church where one of them, hiding inside, finished him; Ibn al-Athir reports Saladin had offered Sinan ten thousand dinars for the deed or for Richard's, and the Franks blamed the English king 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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In time
Overview
On 13 Rabi' al-Akhir 588 AH the Frankish marquis, lord of Tyre (Conrad of Montferrat), was killed. Ibn al-Athir counts him among the greatest devils of the Franks. 2
The account
Ibn al-Athir relates that Salah al-Din sent to Sinan Rashid al-Din, chief of the Isma'ilis, asking him to kill the king of England, and promised him ten thousand dinars if he killed the marquis. Sinan sent two men in the garb of monks, who stayed six months showing worship until the marquis trusted them. Then they leapt upon him on the day of a bishop's invitation and wounded him, and then the two men were killed. The Franks attributed his killing to the king of England. 3
This is the account of Ibn al-Athir alone, and it needs an additional source.
Connections
- Had participant
- Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat· Sinan, chief of the Syrian Ismailis
People and things also explored
Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat· Sinan, chief of the Syrian Ismailis· Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)· غزوة ملك الألمان وغرقه· The battle of the Ford of Sorrows (Jacob's Ford, 575 AH)· وقعة حطين· The capture of Shaqif Habs Jaldak (Beaufort, 578 AH)· ملك الفرنج عكا وقتل الأسرى
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 213-214
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.213
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.214
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