1256

Jan. 1-31. Tyre. C[onradus] montis Ferrarię marchio, together with the magnus pręceptor templi, the pręceptor hospitalis, Vgo Tiberiadis quondam dominus, frater eius A. and others defending Tyre, appeals to King Bela III of Hungary for speedy assistance. He narrates how Saladin was victorious in July, carrying the relic of the True Cross to Damascus and seizing Jerusalem and all the land. Only Tyre resists. Saladin invested Tyre with siege engines of all kinds by land and sea from the Feast of All Saints to the Feast of the Circumcision. On the Feast of St Silvester Conradus himself defeated the Muslim fleet and captured the admirals Bederdinus, Caydus and Adelmensis, together with galleys, so that the Christians now have 15. The Christians also still hold Craccus, Mons Regalis, Belveder, Saffeta and Belfort.