Aug 21, 2019 10:07
888 solar years ago, on this day in 1131 AD, Baldwin II the self-styled 3rd king of the illegal Latin kingdom of Jerusalem (occupied Bayt al-Moqaddas) died after a rule of 13 years during which he was constantly involved in wars and killings of Muslims. Earlier as Count of the occupied Syrian-Mesopotamian city of Edessa (currently in southeastern Turkey), he was captured in the Battle of Harran by the Seljuq Turks and was not released until four years later in 1108. The Latin kingdom set up by t