Battle of Hattin

BelligerentsKingdom of Jerusalem
County of Tripoli
Knights Templar
Principality of Antioch
Knights Hospitaller
Order of St. Lazarus
Order of MountjoyAyyubid Sultanate of EgyptCommanders and leadersGuy of Lusignan(POW)
Raynald of Châtillon(POW)
Humphrey IV of Toron
Aimery of Lusignan
Reginald of Sidon
Joscelin III of Edessa
Balian of Ibelin
Raymond III of Tripoli
Gerard de Rideford(POW)
Garnier de Nablus
Raymond of AntiochSaladin
Muzaffar ad-Din Gökböri
Al-Muzaffar Umar
Al-Adil I
Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-DinStrength

18,000–20,000 men

• 1,200 knights
• 3,000 men-at-arms
• 500 turcopoles
• 15,000 infantry

20,000–40,000 men

• 12,000 regular cavalry

Casualties and losses

Most of the army

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200 captured knights executed
Captured turcopoles executed
Captured infantrymen enslaved Light, mostly spearmen and some archers

The Battle of Hattin took place on 4 July 1187, between the Crusader states of the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt, led by SultanSaladin. It is also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, due to the shape of the nearby extinct volcano of that name.

The Muslim armies under Saladin captured or killed the vast majority of the Crusader forces, removing their capability to wage war. As a direct result of the battle, Muslims once again became the pre-eminent military power in the Holy Land, re-capturing Jerusalem and most of the other Crusader-held cities and castles. These Christian defeats prompted the Third Crusade, which began two years after the Battle of Hattin.