Raynald de Châtillon
أرناط صاحب الكرك
Raynald (Arnat), lord of Kerak — whom Ibn al-Athir calls the most hostile of the Franks; in 577 he planned an overland march through Tayma toward Medina until Farrukhshah blocked him, and in 578 he hauled a dismantled fleet to the Gulf of Aqaba to raid the Hijaz coast before Husam al-Din Lu'lu''s fleet destroyed it 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Arnat (Reynald de Châtillon), lord of al-Karak. Ibn al-Athir describes him as one of the devils of the Franks and the most hostile of them to the Muslims. This is Ibn al-Athir's judgement, not the museum's 2.
In 577 AH he resolved to march overland to Tayma and then to Medina, but Izz al-Din Farrukhshah, the deputy of Damascus, outwitted him until his ambition was cut off 2. In 578 AH he carried a dismantled fleet from al-Karak to the Sea of Aqaba. One group went to Aqaba and another to Aydhab to raid the coasts. The fleet of Egypt, led by Husam al-Din Lu'lu' the chamberlain, caught them and destroyed them 3.
Connections
- Participated in
- وقعة حطين· غارة الفرنج على بحر عيذاب وساحل الحجاز
People and things also explored
الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب· الملك الأفضل نور الدين علي بن صلاح الدين· حسام الدين لؤلؤ الحاجب· صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب الملك الناصر· تقي الدين عمر بن شاهنشاه· وقعة حطين· غارة الفرنج على بحر عيذاب وساحل الحجاز
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 105, 117-118
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.105
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.117-118
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islam.museum contributors. “Raynald de Châtillon”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/raynald-de-chatillon/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.