Khwarazmian Sack of Jerusalem

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1. 1244Outside Jerusalem · JerusalemKhwarazmian remnants dispatched by Egyptian sultan al-Salih Ayyub advanced northward on Jerusalem. The Christian garrison in the city was weak, and the Latin patriarch Robert of Nantes attempted negotiations but could not prevent the siege.
2. 1244Old City of Jerusalem · JerusalemAfter breaking through the defenses, Khwarazmian forces looted extensively, massacring many residents and burning churches and monasteries. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was damaged but not completely destroyed. The event ended Christian de facto control of Jerusalem after Frederick II's 1229 treaty.
3. 1244Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif) · JerusalemAfter the sack, Khwarazmian forces returned control of the Temple Mount to Muslim administration, dissolving the limited religious rights Christians had enjoyed under the 1229 treaty and sparking decades of disputes over the status of the Holy City and the Temple Mount.