Political Relations Between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and Muslims in the Levant and the Crusader County of Tripoli: 1096 -1250 AD

Abstract

The Kingdom of Jerusalem is one of the most important results of the First Crusade in 490 AH / 1096 CE. It is known that the Crusades, from their early inception, were of a bloody nature, as the Crusaders committed the most heinous crimes. The cities of the Levantine coast and the rural areas, and despite that, political relations were formed between the Muslims and the Crusaders, which were sometimes characterized by peaceful relations, which led to a kind of exchange between the two parties in various aspects of life.

           Some of the ruling families of some areas under Seljuk control saw the advent of the Crusaders an opportunity to eliminate the Seljuks, so they assisted the Crusaders. To find a kind of truce with the Crusaders, in addition to the geographical factor that forced the Crusaders to truce the Arabs.

           The Islamic threat was a major reason for the alliance between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the county of Tripoli, and the Crusader-Crusader relations between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the county of Tripoli were in tension since its inception, and the relations kept oscillating between conflict and appeasement until the Crusaders found themselves facing one goal, which is the Islamic threat, so the Crusaders agreed and remained The county of Tripoli belongs to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.