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Correspondence/envoy
2390 year: 1240
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Brother Robert de Sanford, Templar praeceptor in England
text: Aug. 1-31. [364] Frater Hermannus Petragoricensis pauperis militiae Templi magister reports to Brother Robert de Sanford, the procurator of the Order’s houses in England, that the sultan of Damascus has restored all the land west of the river Jordan to the Christians. The Christians will help defend his lands against the sultan of Egypt, with whom neither side will make peace without the other.
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:64-5 (RRH no. 1095)
comments: [364] For the date, see Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 3:494 note.
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Correspondence/envoy
2459 year: 1244
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Brother Robert de Sanford, Templar praeceptor in England
institution: Templars
text: Apr. or May. [372] Offensive alliance against Egypt made by the Christian leaders with the sultan of Damascus and the Muslim ruler of Kerak. Frater Hermannus Petragoricensis pauperis militia Templi minister humilis writes to Brother Robert de Sanford, Templar praeceptor in England. He describes how the sultan of Egypt and Nasserus offered them all the land to the west of the River Jordan. But the sultan of Egypt retained the Christian emissaries, including Knights Templar, for more than 6 months, went back on his words and held on to Gaza, Hebron, Nablus and Darannum. The Christians then turned to the sultan of Damascus and made a truce with him and with Nasserus the lord of Kerak. The sultan of Damascus and lord of Kerak would return all the land west of the River Jordan, except for Hebron, Nablus and Bossanum and agreed to the expulsion of all Sarraceni from Jerusalem, so that after 56 years the Christian liturgy could be celebrated throughout the city. This agreement was controversial, so that on the Knights Templar, the prelates and a few barons rest the defence of the Holy Land. The Knights Templar guard the entry to the land at Gaza, with the assistance of the sultan of Damascus and Nasserus lord of Kerak. They also propose to build a powerful castle near Jerusalem above Toronum.
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:288-291 (RRH no. 1119)
comments: [372] For the date, see Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 3:501 note.
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