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The Death of Godfrey, Lord of Jerusalem, at Acre, 494

مقتل كندفري صاحب القدس عند عكا سنة 494

c. 1100 CE · 494 AH

Acre

In 494 Godfrey, the taker of Jerusalem, besieged Acre; an arrow struck him and killed him — the Muslim-source account of his end 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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109011001110 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Summary

In 494 AH Godfrey, who had taken Jerusalem in 491 AH, besieged the city of Acre, and an arrow struck and killed him 1.

Note

This is what the Islamic historians report. Latin accounts say he died of illness in Jerusalem 1.

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Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 400
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