Massacre at Ayyadieh
Killing of Muslim prisoners by Christian forces during the Third Crusade
Massacre at Ayyadieh
The Massacre of Ayyadieh occurred during the Third Crusade after the fall of Acre when King Richard I had more than two thousand Muslim prisoners of war from the captured city beheaded in front of the Ayyubid armies of sultan Saladin on 20 August 1191, sparing only those deemed fit for slave-labor along with a few notables. Despite attacks by Muslim forces during the killings, the Christian Crusaders were able to retire in good order. Saladin subsequently ordered various Crusader prisoners of war in Damascus to be executed in retaliation.
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