"On 5 November Damietta fell and the Franks held the town for two years. Kamil, alarmed by the news that Genghis Khan's hordes were making a bloody entrance into the Islamic world, again offered peace: Damietta for Palestine. This time all three Masters agreed with the king but the greedy overbearing cardinal refused. He wanted Cairo. John retired to Acre in disgust, but in 1221 Pelagius summoned him back. Once more Kamil offered generous terms, but in July the crusaders marched on Cairo.
Incredibly, they became bogged down in the network of canals in front of the great city and were sorrunded by the Turks; starving and without hope of rescue, King John was lucky enough to save himself and his army in return for Damietta. Kamil, who lacked none of his uncle's charm, invited the crusader magnates to a banquet and sent provisions to their troops.
When news came to Damietta that it must be surrendered, Italian merchants who hoped to use the town as a trading base rioted, one Templar being killed and a Teutonic Knight wounded during the uproar"
Desmond Seward, The Monks of War, the military religious orders
Incredibly, they became bogged down in the network of canals in front of the great city and were sorrunded by the Turks; starving and without hope of rescue, King John was lucky enough to save himself and his army in return for Damietta. Kamil, who lacked none of his uncle's charm, invited the crusader magnates to a banquet and sent provisions to their troops.
When news came to Damietta that it must be surrendered, Italian merchants who hoped to use the town as a trading base rioted, one Templar being killed and a Teutonic Knight wounded during the uproar"
Desmond Seward, The Monks of War, the military religious orders
Foto: Franisc d'Assisi intalneste pe Malik al-Kamil
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