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1670

RRR: 
1670
RRH: 
864
Other: 
Richard of San Germano, pp. 34-7
YEAR: 
1212
text: 
(c. 1212). [293] The patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Hospital of St John and the Knights Templar write to Pope Innocent III, in response for his request for reports on the situation there. They provide a dynastic history of the Ayyubids and focus on the domestic life of the sultan al-‘Adil, but also suggest that the Muslims are prepared to surrender the Holy Land to the pope.

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Sources: 
Richard of San Germano, pp. 34-7 (RRH no. 864)
Comments: 
[293] Richard of San Germano (pp. 33-4) seems to suggest that the pope’s letter to al-‘Adil in 1213 was in reaction to this report.
GRANTOR: 
Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Hospital of Saint John and the Knights Templar
RECIPIENT: 
Pope Innocent III

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