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. 1252 (?). King Haitum of Armenia issued a sealed document setting out the agreement he has made with Margarite, (dowager) lady of Sidon, and Julian (Yulian), lord of Sidon, for the marriage of the king’s daughter Femie to Yulian. The king provides a dower of 25,000 Saracen besants of Acre weight – 8,000 immediately and the remaining 17,000 when the marriage takes place (‘quatre besans de nos staurat por un besant Sarrazinas’) – on the understanding that Julian and his mother abide by the agreements established by William of Chastel Neuf (Guilliam de Chastel Nov), the Hospitaller master, and John of Ibelin (Johan d’Ibilin), count of Jaffa, namely that Femie is to have as dower 8,000 Saracen besants which is to be held free of all service other than that of three knights. All this is in a document sealed with the seals of all concerned. As soon as these arrangements are in place the marriage can go ahead ‘a la sainte Crux’ (i.e. Acre cathedral (?)).