The truce arranged in 1180 by Saladin…
1182 CE
The truce arranged in 1180 by Saladin between himself and two Christian leaders, King Baldwin and Raymond III of Tripoli, has held for two years, until Reynald of Châtillon, the lord of the Transjordan fief of Kerak, attacks Muslim caravans passing through his lands.
Resenting this violation of the truce, Saladin immediately assembles his army and prepares to strike.
Saladin leaves Egypt on May 11, 1182, and leads his army north toward Damascus via Aila on the Red Sea.
As he moves north, his army entered lands belonging to the fiefs of Montreal (Shobak) and Kerak.
Saladin encamps at Jerba and launches raids on Montreal, which do great damage to the crops.
At a council of war, the Crusader princes ponder two courses of action.
They could move across the Jordan River to protect the exposed fiefs, but Raymond of Tripoli argues against this strategy, saying that would leave too few soldiers to protect the kingdom.
The aggressive Baldwin overrules Raymond and the Crusader army moves to Petra in the Transjordan, thus defending the lands of his vassal.
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