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بغدوين صاحب القدس

بغدوين صاحب القدس

c. 1118 CE · 511 AH

The Frankish king who took Jerusalem — a mighty, bold man who set out to seize Egypt, then turned back ill and died in 511; they opened him, salted him, cast out his innards, and buried him at Jerusalem, after which the count of Edessa took the kingdom 1.

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Roles
Ruler
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi

Summary

Baldwin, king of the Franks who took Jerusalem; a valiant tyrant, he resolved to take Egypt and marched with his hosts until he arrived, then turned back ill and died in 511. 1

After him

They slit him open, salted him, cast out his entrails and buried him at Jerusalem; the priest lord of Edessa took Jerusalem after him. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 510
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