Fatimid Response to the Crusades

Timeline

1. 1099Outskirts of Jerusalem · PalestineBefore the crusader siege of Jerusalem, Fatimid envoys proposed to the crusader leaders paying 200,000 gold dinars for the city and recognizing their rule, but were flatly rejected by Baldwin and others.
2. 1099Cairo · EgyptAfter Jerusalem fell, al-Afdal urgently raised troops from Egypt, with al-Awaz leading the vanguard north into Palestine, intending to recover lost territory while the crusaders were exhausted.
3. 1099Palestine · PalestineFatimid reinforcements were defeated by the crusaders at Ascalon and elsewhere, failing to retake Jerusalem. The crusaders consolidated their hold on the Holy Land, and the Levant's political landscape shifted from a Fatimid-Seljuk standoff to a long-term confrontation between crusader kingdoms and Islamic powers.